Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday addressed questions around the possibility of an Iranian link to the alleged attempt to crash an Israel-bound flydubai flight, saying Israel will get to the “root” of the incident and may participate in the investigation.
The co-pilot is being investigated in Saudi Arabia after the aircraft diverted to Tabuk following the incident, news agency Reuters reported. “We’ll get to the root of this attacker, whether he had accomplices, whether Iran was behind it. Track flydubai incident LIVE . The comments came hours after passengers and crew aboard flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv helped foil an alleged attempt by the co-pilot to bring down the aircraft. Netanyahu also praised the Indian captain, Smit Machchhar, for his role in preventing what he described as a potentially catastrophic incident.
I think we’ll find out very soon,” Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity on the network’s “Hannity” programme. Israeli officials said the motive behind the incident remained under investigation. Flydubai, meanwhile, said the underlying reasons for the incident remained unknown and cautioned against “premature speculation”. Machchhar, from Ghatkopar East in Mumbai, was based in Dubai for work, people aware of the matter told HT. Both pilots were hospitalised after the incident, Tabuk Airport said.
“It’s too early to say, the attacking pilot is … now being investigated in Saudi Arabia.
I think he’ll be taken to the Emirates, where he comes from, or at least where he left, where he flew off from, and we’ll be following and possibly also participating in this investigation,” Netanyahu said.
