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Too early to say if Iran involved in Dubai-Tel Aviv flight attack, Israeli PM says

By Henry Moore|October 1, 2026|5 min read at BBC News

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An inflight altercation occurred on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv after a pilot was stabbed by another pilot, leading to a temporary loss of control before passengers and crew intervened to land the plane safely in Saudi Arabia. Israeli officials and world leaders have praised the injured Indian pilot, Captain Smit Machchhar, for his heroic actions in preventing a potential crash.

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It is too early to say if Iran had any involvement in an attack by a pilot who stabbed another pilot and tried to take over a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Israel's prime minister has said.

The Flydubai plane plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m) two hours into its journey on Wednesday, before passengers and crew overpowered the attacker and retook control to land safely.

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TopicsAviation safety Flydubai Israel-Middle East relations Captain Smit Machchhar

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Stances · verbatim

How favourably this article’s language treats each actor it takes a position on, with the sentence each reading came from. This describes the writing, not whether the actor is right.

Smit MachchharFavourable · strong
“Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, he fought back, resisted, opened the cockpit door, and enabled passengers and crew to overpower the attacker - preventing a catastrophic mid-air disaster”
Benjamin NetanyahuNeutral
“Netanyahu told CNN Israel did not have any warning or advance intelligence about the incident on the plane, which was flying 174 people to Israel.”

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n=2 · October 1, 2026 · stream A · coverage · floor 1

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Security and defense: 30%
Policy prescription: 20%

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