The apparent terrorist was the co-pilot who was Omani, the captain that the terrorist attacked was Indian.
alephnerd 8 hours ago [-]
That was fake news.
It was an Omani national co-pilot who stabbed his Indian-Emirati captain but was then overpowered by Israeli passengers along with South African and Kiwi backup pilots.
jst1fthsdys 7 hours ago [-]
Apparently, Omanis are not allowed to travel to Israel, so an Omani would not be a pilot going to TLV. Dual citizenship is also banned in Oman, so it probably wouldn't be from that either. Something is fishy.
jameshilliard 7 hours ago [-]
> Apparently, Omanis are not allowed to travel to Israel, so an Omani would not be a pilot going to TLV.
AFAIU Omanis would need a visa to travel to Israel but they are allowed.
jameshilliard 7 hours ago [-]
> Indian-Emirati captain
I think he may have just been Indian, I did see some early reports listing him as an Emerati but the more recent reports appear only seem to list him as Indian.
> South African and Kiwi backup pilots
Was this confirmed? I didn't see a reliable source reporting on the nationality of the backup pilots. A few sources had secondhand reports that both backup pilots were European but those don't seem to be confirmed.
afavour 7 hours ago [-]
And where did you read that? Is it more trustworthy than the Financial Times?
kelseyfrog 8 hours ago [-]
Like dual citizenship?
alephnerd 8 hours ago [-]
Doesn't matter. It was fake news that percolated right around the time the incident was reported.
inglor_cz 7 hours ago [-]
It is interesting how we now default towards "fake news" instead of just understandable confusion around a non-typical situation happening far from any Western journalists.
The world has indeed grown more paranoid. I am not surprised, but it is a miserable life.
throw-the-towel 7 hours ago [-]
This was not even fake news, it was a prank launched by someone Russian on Telegram in a chat that has Israeli journalists reading it.
The apparent terrorist was the co-pilot who was Omani, the captain that the terrorist attacked was Indian.
It was an Omani national co-pilot who stabbed his Indian-Emirati captain but was then overpowered by Israeli passengers along with South African and Kiwi backup pilots.
AFAIU Omanis would need a visa to travel to Israel but they are allowed.
I think he may have just been Indian, I did see some early reports listing him as an Emerati but the more recent reports appear only seem to list him as Indian.
> South African and Kiwi backup pilots
Was this confirmed? I didn't see a reliable source reporting on the nationality of the backup pilots. A few sources had secondhand reports that both backup pilots were European but those don't seem to be confirmed.
The world has indeed grown more paranoid. I am not surprised, but it is a miserable life.