⚠️Yaniv:”The plane was diving down and the gravitational force was pulling me down, I tried to open the cockpit door but something was blocking it , it turned out to be the stabbed pilot. I think that the last thing he did is to open the door from above... to let us in…” #Israelshow more

⚠️PM Netanyahu met with 1 of the passengers ,Yaniv. that overpowered the attacker that attempted to crash the Flydubai plane. Yaniv told him this : “I pulled the controls up and stopped the plane from diving down.Good thing I’d watched a lot of “Air Crash Investigation”.” #Israel

⚠️It was cleared for publication that 1 of the passengers of the flight was lightly injured during the thwarting of the hijacking and was taken to a hospital in Israel with injuries to his chest. #Israel

⚠️While Israeli and international media are waiting for the arrival of the emergency flight from Saudi Arabia , the live broadcast captured another USAF plane that lands in Ben Gurion Airport #Israel

⚠️MDA teams and Ben Gurion Airport medical staff are preparing ambulances and mobile intensive-care units to receive the passengers arriving from Saudi Arabia. Paramedics will examine the passengers and provide medical treatment if required. #Israel #KSA

⚠️Unconfirmed reports of a ballistic missile launch from Fars province in #Iran

⚠️PM Netanyahu is expected to arrive to Ben Gurion airport to meet the passengers of the Flydubai flight on board of which the hijacking and suicide crash attempt took place. #Israel #KSA

⚠️The evacuation flight carrying the Israeli passengers from Tabuk airport is now en route to Ben Gurion Airport. Estimated landing time: approximately 45 minutes. #Israel #KSA

⚠️Rezaei added: “Learn from the last war, stop igniting wars, and stop making baseless claims regarding the Iranian islands.” #Israel #Iran #UAE

⚠️Senior Iranian regime terrorist Mohsen Rezaei in a threat to the UAE following the hijacking attempt of the Flydubai plane : “As hosting U.S. military bases did not bring you security, hosting the ‘butcher of Gaza’ will not have favorable consequences either.” #Israel #Iran

⚠️All Israeli passengers have reportedly boarded the Flydubai evacuation flight. The Mossad has approved the flight crew assigned to operate the aircraft, and the Israelis are expected to depart Saudi Arabia for Israel shortly. #Israel

⚠️“When the Prime Minister and I issue intelligence-based security warnings, everyone should listen and take them seriously.” Katz added that such warnings never replace the “proactive and offensive operations” Israel and the IDF conduct against threats. #Israel

⚠️“They restored control of the aircraft to an additional flight crew aboard. According to the initial information in our possession, the terrorist had one intention: to crash the aircraft with all its passengers.” #Israel

⚠️Defense Minister Israel Katz: “The serious incident aboard the Flydubai aircraft was an attempted jihadist terrorist attack, thwarted only by the bravery of several Israeli passengers who broke into the cockpit and subdued the terrorist.” #Israel

⚠️According to Israeli media, the Mossad is vetting the flight crews assigned to the Flydubai flight expected to return the stranded passengers to #Israel from the #KSA. Israeli authorities are also reportedly considering dispatching an unmarked Israeli aircraft to Saudi Arabia

⚠️PM Netanyahu also officially confirmed in this statement that the incident on board of the Flydubai flight was an attempted hijacking attempt and that the pilot-attacker intended to crash the plane with all of the passengers and crew. #Israel #UAE

⚠️PM Netanyahu says that 1 of the pilots had stabbed the other one and locked himself inside the cockpit, then passengers and crew had swarmed the cockpit , bursted inside and subdued the attacker as he was attempting to disable and damage other flight control systems. #Israel

⚠️El Al is also preparing to operate a special flight from Bangkok to Israel in the coming days to help Israelis in Thailand return home aboard an Israeli carrier, instead of traveling via Dubai. #Israel #UAE

⚠️Following numerous requests from Israelis abroad seeking to return home with an Israeli company , El Al will launch a dedicated service later today for booking flights from all its destinations, including for travelers who originally departed Israel with other airlines. #Israel

⚠️Another reminder, recently, the Iranian regime terrorists had threatened to target the air traffic in the Middle East because of the justified US sanctions against the Iranians while terrorists controlled flight companies. #Israel #Iran

⚠️A sharp confrontation reportedly erupted between Transportation Minister Miri Regev and the head of the Shin Bet during the security assessment over whether flights between Israel and the UAE should be allowed to continue. #Israel #UAE

⚠️Transportation Minister Miri Regev is demanding a suspension of Flydubai flights to Israel over the pilot’s reported dual citizenship, arguing to PM Netanyahu that the matter constitutes a violation of Israel-UAE aviation agreements. #Israel #UAE

⚠️Israeli media reports that the pilot-attacker had boarded the plane with an axe. #Israel #UAE

⚠️Israel Airports Authority has opened an information and waiting center for families of passengers aboard the Flydubai flight, following instructions from Transportation Minister Miri Regev. The center is located in the arrivals hall at Ben Gurion Airport’s Terminal 1. #Israel

⚠️The Israeli Air Force is requesting Saudi authorization to evacuate the stranded Israelis, with 3 Hercules transport aircraft ready for the mission. The security assessment led by PM Netanyahu remains ongoing. Saudi approval has not yet been granted. #Israel #KSA

⚠️Israeli media published another terrifying footage that was shot by the passengers on the Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv shows the moments when the hijacking attempt was occurring and the plane losing control. #Israel #UAE

⚠️IranIan regime terrorists had announced that they’re raising the state of readiness at 46 facilities amid concerns over potential strikes on critical infrastructure. The heightened alert reportedly covers oil and electricity facilities, ports, bridges and airports. #Iran

⚠️Transportation Minister Miri Regev has called for an examination of whether Flydubai violated its aviation agreement with Israel, which she says permits only pilots holding passports from countries with diplomatic relations with #Israel to operate flights landing in Israel.

⚠️As of now the flight is continuing on its path and nothing suggests that there are any abnormalities. #Israel

⚠️Yaniv:”The attacker was sitting on the floor near him and was messing with the aircraft control systems. I took him into a chokehold and started pulling him off from the control panel because he was attempting to destroy them…” #Israel

⚠️Yaniv finished by saying :” I saw the plane in a nosedive so then I took the control yoke and pulled it towards me , then another person that was on the flight and was a pilot had taken over the control of the aircraft.” #Israel

⚠️One of the passengers , Assaf Rajuan to Israeli media: “We held the terrorist down for 55 minutes. It took the other pilots,who were British, some time to regain control of the situation, but eventually they recovered and landed the aircraft safely.” #Israel

🔴🔴🔴#BREAKING Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed. Following the call, Netanyahu said: “We are going to put the security issue in order.” #Israel #UAE

🔴🔴🔴#BREAKING After speaking to the President of the UAE, PM Netnayahu is also expected to speak with U.S. President Donald Trump later this evening. #Israel #UAE

⚠️Assaf Rajuan :”We were at least 5 people in the cockpit,it was very difficult, unbelievable. It all began when a girl that went to the lavatory had began screaming with her mother that there is a terrorist on the plane. Right after that the plane went into a nosedive.” #Israel

⚠️Iranian regime terrorists affiliated TG channels allege that sirens were activated in US bases in #Jordan #Iran

⚠️Due to the attempted hijacking and crash of the Flydubai plane,Flydubai flights to Israel will be suspended for six days starting tomorrow morning. Israeli carriers will operate replacement rescue flights with heightened security during the suspension period. #Israel #UAE

⚠️The move follows Transportation Minister Miri Regev’s demand to halt Flydubai service. Israeli reports say Netanyahu and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed agreed that Israeli airlines would receive landing slots in the #UAE. #Israel