Red Wings will continue to operate flights to Israel at full capacity following the Flydubai incident
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Red Wings Airlines said it will continue to operate flights to Israel at full capacity as its crew training system complies with new requirements by Israeli authorities introduced after the Flydubai incident, when pilots got into a fight during the flight and one of them tried to cause a disaster.
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Why It Matters
Following the incident on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, in which the pilots got into a fight and one of them tried to cause a disaster, Israeli authorities have tightened the requirements for screening flight crews on flights into the country.
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Red Wings Airlines will continue to operate flights to Israel at full capacity.
The Red Wings crew training system complies with new Israeli safety requirements.
Israel will tighten measures to verify the identity of pilots on flights into the country following the incident with the Flydubai flight.
MOSCOW, October 6 - RIA Novosti. Red Wings Airlines will continue to operate flights to Israel in full; the carrier's crew training system fully complies with Israel's new requirements, the airline told RIA Novosti.
Earlier, the press secretary of the Israeli Prime Minister, Doron Shpilman, said that Israel, after the incident with the Flydubai flight, would tighten measures to protect safety in air transport. According to Shpilman, intelligence agencies will carefully check the identity of each pilot on flights to Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as noted by Shpilman, instructed the authorities to strengthen security measures on flights to Israel operated by Israeli and foreign airlines.
“After the Flydubai incident, we received additional demands from the Israeli aviation authorities. Our airline crew selection and training system fully complies with the new requirements. Red Wings will continue to operate flights to Israel at full capacity,” Red Wings said.
The airline also noted that there, as in the Russian aviation industry as a whole, there are increased requirements for flight safety, as well as for the professional selection and training of pilots and crew members, and the standards are strictly observed.
On Wednesday, a Flydubai plane flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv signaled an emergency and a short 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 injured the second and wanted to cause a plane crash. This information was confirmed to RIA Novosti by passengers on that flight.
Open Questions
- What new requirements did Israel impose on flight crews?
- Will other airlines face similar scrutiny?
- What measures is Flydubai taking after the incident?
