Israel to Tighten Pilot Security Checks After Flydubai Cockpit Attack

New questions over airline security after attack

Among the questions after today’s attack – how did a co-pilot get a forbidden weapon, potentially a knife, past airport security? NBC News’ Tom Costello reports.

Israel to tighten pilot security checks after flydubai cockpit attack

A flydubai co-pilot allegedly stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar on a Tel Aviv-bound flight before passengers and crew overpowered him. The episode has pushed Israel to tighten security checks on pilots flying into the country.

Israel to ramp up pilot checks

Saudi authorities have arrested and interrogated the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 from the United Arab Emirates to Israel, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said. Some 169 of the total 172 passengers on board were Israeli nationals, Ambassador Daniel Meron at the Israeli permanent mission in Geneva told Reuters.