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Ben-Gurion Airport resumes normal operations following anonymous bomb threat on Delta flight

Passengers were quickly evacuated from the aircraft after an anonymous report was received claiming that a bomb was located in the plane's cargo hold.

|ByYOAV ETIEL, SHIR PERETS
Delta Air Lines.
Director Eyal Datz and his father, Yaakov.

Flydubai hijacking survivor, filmmaker, to reveal unseen footage, testimony in new documentary

Documentary filmmaker Eyal Datz, who survived the attempted hijacking of flydubai Flight 1073 alongside his father, is creating a new KAN film featuring unseen footage and passenger testimony.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Flydubai passenger Asaf Rajuan.

'I became paranoid': Flydubai passenger suspects crew members aided hijacker, calls for probe

Speaking to the Post, Asaf Rajuan called for an investigation into flight attendants he suspects may have assisted the hijacker, citing alleged attempts to interfere with the attacker’s restraints.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
Flydubai passenger Uri Pintov onboard flight flight 1073.

Flydubai passenger recounts terrifying dive as analyst warns against learning 'the wrong lesson'

Uri Pintov, who was aboard flight 1073 with his wife and three children, told the Post that passengers were certain they would die.

|ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS

After flydubai attempted hijacking, police probe aviation security failures at Transport Ministry

Published documents indicated that the Transportation Ministry’s Security Division is responsible for certain aspects of security involving flights entering Israel.

OCTOBER 7, 2026ByALON HACHMON, ANNA BARSKY
A flydubai plane carrying passengers from flight FZ1073 arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, after a suspected terror attack aboard their original flight from Dubai to Israel forced an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, September 30, 2026.

What do we know about the suspected Iranian plot to attack UK's Fairford airbase? - explainer

US President Donald Trump said those involved in the plot had planned "big damage," while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also pointed to the "hands of a foreign actor."

OCTOBER 5, 2026ByREUTERS
A B-1 bomber takes off from RAF Fairford airbase, as the US removes its B-1 bombers one week after several men were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Explosives Act.

US Coast Guard halts search for six people missing after medical transport aircraft crashes

"Suspending a search is not an easy decision," said Rear Admiral Matthew Lake, commander of the Coast Guard's Northeast District, in a statement on Sunday.

OCTOBER 5, 2026ByREUTERS
A US Coast Guard plane searches for people after it found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of Massachusetts' Nantucket island, US, October 3, 2026.

Netanyahu instructs NSC to appoint overseer, probe security aspects of flydubai hijacking

The Transportation Ministry rejected responsibility for conducting intelligence background checks on foreign airline pilots.

OCTOBER 4, 2026ByUDI ETZION, SHIR PERETS, JAMES GENN
Transportation Minister Miri Regev and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a cabinet meeting, in Jerusalem, January 3, 2023

Flydubai aircraft reached near-supersonic speeds, extreme airframe stress levels - report

“I’m not sure it can ever be used again,” said Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University aerodynamicist Tony Farina, who has worked with the US Air Force and NASA on aviation-related projects.

OCTOBER 3, 2026ByAARON GLICK
A plane, carrying passengers who were on the FlyDubai aircraft bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates, which was diverted to Saudi Arabia following an emergency signal, on the tarmac as it arrives at the Ben Gurion International Airport, in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 30, 2026.

Israeli officials to question co-pilot of flydubai flight, source says

The co-pilot was transferred on Thursday to the UAE, where the source said Israeli officials were expected to question him.

OCTOBER 2, 2026ByREUTERS
A Flydubai Boeing 737-8 MAX A6-FKF aircraft, which was bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates diverted to Saudi Arabia, is seen flying over Salzburg, Austria, March 8, 2026

Flydubai saga captures Israel’s role in a new Middle East - and its old limits

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: From Netanyahu’s UAE visit to the emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, a dramatic week reveals the possibilities and limits of regional cooperation.

OCTOBER 2, 2026ByHERB KEINON
Travelers board a FlyDubai aircraft at Ben Gurion International Airport after a separate FlyDubai flight from the United Arab Emirates to Israel was diverted to Saudi Arabia following an emergency signal, in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, September 30, 2026.

One person injured, one killed after light aircraft crashes in northern Israel

Israel's Fire and Rescue Authority announced that firefighters from the Hadera station had arrived at the scene and were working to extinguish a fire which had broken out and was spreading.

OCTOBER 2, 2026ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, BATYA GILADI
Rescue operations by Magen David Adom.

'The cockpit was empty': Israeli recounts fight to survive flydubai attempted hijacking - exclusive

At a beachfront hotel in Tel Aviv, Tal reconstructs the moment he had to get two additional pilots to the controls, the efforts to secure the aircraft and the moment he thought about his children.

OCTOBER 1, 2026ByZVIKA KLEIN
Tal, an Israeli businessman who was aboard the flydubai flight, is seen during the onboard crisis and later speaking to The Jerusalem Post in Tel Aviv on October 1, 2026

Thank you, Saudi Arabia: Israel should return the favor through actions not just words - opinion

When an Israel-bound airliner fell into danger over the desert, Riyadh answered with deeds, not statements. Israel should now answer in kind.

OCTOBER 1, 2026ByHARLEY LIPPMAN
Passengers at Tabuk airport after a Flydubai aircraft that was bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates was diverted to Saudi Arabia after transmitting emergency signals, in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, in this screen grab obtained from a video dated September 30, 2026.