US evaluates pilot clearance procedures following Flydubai incident

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The United States is assessing internal pilot clearance procedures following the Flydubai incident.

The pilot who injured a colleague on a Flydubai flight was known to regulators and considered unsafe, according to US Vice President J.D. Vance.

WASHINGTON, October 5 - RIA Novosti. Following the incident with the Flydubai flight, the United States is evaluating internal procedures for allowing pilots to fly, said Vice President J.D. Vance.

"We are looking at our procedures within the United States to ensure that people who are clearly considered to be an in-flight threat do not end up at the controls of an aircraft," Vance told reporters.

According to him, US authorities believe that it is necessary to be extremely careful with everyone who arrives in the country from abroad. As Vance emphasized, the pilot who injured his colleague on the Flydubai flight was known to regulatory authorities and was considered unsafe.

The US Vice President said he was confident in the US control system.

A Flydubai plane flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 30 signaled an emergency and some time later made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. The airline later confirmed that a fight broke out between the pilots during the flight.

Later, information appeared in the media that one of the pilots had wounded the other with a knife and wanted to cause a plane crash. This information was confirmed to RIA Novosti by passengers of the flight.