It seems likely that someone at Flydubai was sympathetic to the jihad against Israel and wanted to see this Omani jihadi take down a plane full of Israelis.
“Omani hijacker who stabbed fellow pilot ‘was a religious extremist who refused to shake hands with women’: Israel launches probe into how ‘terrorist’ was cleared to fly as Flydubai jets are grounded,” by Isabella Machin, Daily Mail, October 1, 2026:
Israel is probing how a religious extremist from Oman who stabbed his co-pilot during a hijacking described as ‘Israel’s 9/11’ was cleared to fly….
A fellow pilot has also now claimed the assailant – who is believed to be an Omani national – was a religious extremist.
Speaking in Hebrew on Israel’s Channel 16, foreign editor and news anchor Yosef Yisrael described how he spoke to a colleague of the attacker, who wishes to remain anonymous.
In a translated version, Mr Yisrael reads out how the violent pilot ‘was someone characterised by very strange behaviour, especially around religious observances that were out of step with his surroundings [at Flydubai]. For instance, he used to pray a lot, and would not shake hands with women’.
Mr Yisrael said his source ‘expressed contrition’ and said Flydubai had ‘betrayed Israel’.
‘There is no other way to put it, we hired the services of a terrorist and nearly caused the deaths of 180 people,’ Mr Yisrael said the man told him. ‘Usually only Emiratis fly to Israel. It is not clear how he got on this flight.’
Mr Machchhar was hailed for saving the lives of those 174 passengers on board. While cruising mid-air, the hero was able to fight off his co-pilot in the cockpit and his attempts to sabotage the plane’s systems.
Israel is now investigating how the alleged terrorist was cleared to fly the plane bound for Tel Aviv, given Oman has no diplomatic relations with Israel and foreign crew flying into its airspace are strictly controlled.
Flydubai has now grounded all its jets to and from Israel as it probes the incident….
While flying over Saudi Arabia, it briefly issued a code of 7500, signalling unlawful interference or a hijacking. Officials feared the incident could have become another ‘September 11’ attack, adding that passengers had prevented an ‘Israeli 9/11’ by tying up the assailant….
somehistory says
muzzie pilot, armed and dangerous. A *devout* muzzie intent on pleasing his demon god.
Wellington says
Query: What Muslim in a completely sane, non-PC and informed world should be cleared to fly? Is anyone who really knows what Islam is truly all about perfectly fine knowing that a Muslim is the pilot on the plane they’re on? No way I would argue.
Muslims, you have brought this upon yourselves. Yes you have. Your scriptures are filled with calls to slay the infidel and your numerous schools of theology, both Sunni and Shiite, have no hesitation in declaring non-Muslims the equivalent of human waste. Your psychotic Profit (yes, the spelling here is correct) encouraged killing in the name of Allah and himself if obeisance was not forthcoming. Your religion is sick to its core, an insult to fine religions like Christianity, Hinduism and Judaism, and there is no excuse, no excuse at all, for continued adherence to this wretched religion. None.
James Lincoln says
While on active duty Navy, I had to fly commercial on EgyptAir.
Muslim pilots.
Uneventful, but I sure was happy when we landed…
Islam is bad says
Repost from an earlier thread …
The risk of allowing Muslims to serve as commercial airline pilots is unacceptable.
The potential risk is that the Muslim pilot will turn instant Jihadi, and crash the plane, killing all on board, as well as potentially killing people on the ground.
An Egyptian Muslim pilot, Gameel Al-Batouti, turned instant Jihadi and crashed EgyptAir Flight 990 in 1999. Gameel Al-Batouti was recorded saying “Tawakkaltu ‘ala Allah” (I put my trust in Allah) numerous times after turning off the autopilot and reducing the engines to idle in order to deliberately crash the plane into the Atlantic Ocean.
The pilot of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370), that is believed to have been deliberately crashed into the southern Indian Ocean in March 2014, was a Malaysian Muslim pilot who probably turned instant Jihadi and killed everyone on board.
And now an Omani Muslim pilot has turned instant Jihadi in 2026 on this Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv and attempted to deliberately crash the plane, before his plan was thwarted.
The risk of allowing Muslim commercial pilots to control the lives of innocent passengers is too high. One can never be certain that a seemingly normal Muslim pilot won’t turn instant Jihadi. As Churchill once alluded, Jihadism in Muslims is like rabies in dogs – one can never be certain when it might suddenly present itself.
All commercial airlines should be banned from allowing Muslims to be commercial pilots. The risk is too great.
somehistory says
Yes, I was thinking of those other muzzie pilots who murdered many, but didn’t take time to research their names and times…..so thanks.