Harsh criticism from Yair Lapid to the Netanyahu government over the crisis on the Flydubai plane

Lapid stated that the crisis on the Flydubai plane was caused by the negligence of the Netanyahu government and said, "We are truly living in a period of miracles, because if you have survived during this government period, it is a miracle." he said.

Pointing out that the Netanyahu government is trying to avoid responsibility for the incident, Lapid said, "The government's duty is to be 100 percent sure that this will not happen again. Instead, everyone tells us that they are not responsible." he said.

Speaking to Israeli state television KAN, Lapid criticized Transport Minister Miri Regev and said, "How can a family get on a plane when the authorities declare that they cannot give a 100 percent guarantee that the incident will not happen again?" posed the question.

Speaking about Netanyahu's statements that "an attempt was made to prevent the elections", Lapid said: "There is no evidence of this and this approach is absurd." he said.

Israeli media had announced that the plane departing from Dubai to Tel Aviv sent first the general emergency code "7700" and then the code "7500", indicating that the plane had been hijacked, while it was sailing in Jordanian airspace. Channel 12 television stated that the incident was caused by a fight between the two pilots flying the passenger plane, and claimed that the co-pilot on the plane was Omani and tried to crash the plane by stabbing the other pilot.

The news report claimed that the co-pilot, who was claimed to be an Omani citizen, stabbed the captain pilot several times, and it was claimed that the cabin crew and some passengers entered the cockpit and interfered with the co-pilot. While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that "there were signs that one of the pilots attempted to crash the plane", UAE-owned airline Flydubai reported that the cause of the fight in the cockpit of the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight was unclear.

In its statement, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Saudi Arabia stated that in the first investigation conducted with the participation of a security team from the UAE, it was determined that the co-pilot attacked the pilot and both of them were injured in the incident. It was noted that after the completion of their treatment, the pilot and co-pilot left Saudi Arabia for Abu Dhabi, accompanied by the UAE security team.