Israeli expert warns of 'sleeper' terrorists in aviation after Flydubai incident

Israel has warned of "sleeper" terrorists in the aviation sector after the Flydubai incident. Associate professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israeli historian of military affairs and intelligence services Dani Orbach said this in an interview with RTVI.

According to him, aviation specialists are “recruited” to commit crimes online. He also admitted that there are currently many “sleeping” terrorists working in the transport sector. “The problem is that hidden and individual radicalization via the Internet is very difficult to detect in time,” he emphasized.

Orbach also noted that if the armed Flydubai pilot had carried out the plan, the event would have been called “the second September 11th.” He called it a great success that there was a brave passenger on the flight who pulled the helm, as well as a trained pilot.