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Hijacker, terrorist or co-pilot: outlets split on the flydubai attacker, and Haaretz and the Jerusalem Post give different years for when Israel's vetting job changed hands

A crew member attacked the captain of flydubai flight 1073 to Tel Aviv with a crash axe. The Jerusalem Post calls him a hijacker and Arutz Sheva calls him a terrorist, both in their own voice. Reuters, carried by Al-Monitor, calls him the co-pilot. Israeli reports disagree on who should have screened him, and since when.

Gov't, security bodies point fingers, deny responsibility over flydubai attempted hijacking
Gov't, security bodies point fingers, deny responsibility over flydubai attempted hijacking as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
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What happened. The co-pilot of flydubai flight 1073, from Dubai to Tel Aviv, attacked the captain with an emergency crash axe. The UAE prosecutor general said so, according to Reuters via Al-Monitor. France 24 says the flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia.

One man, five descriptions.

Outlet Word in its own voice
Al-Monitor (Reuters) co-pilot; "terrorist attack" credited to the UAE prosecutor
The Jerusalem Post "hijacker"
Arutz Sheva "terrorist"
Ynet "pilot-terrorist"
France 24 "flightcrew member"

Who he is. Two sources told Reuters he is Hammam al-Hammami, an Omani national. No report we hold has anyone confirming the name on the record.

Iran. Shargh cites the New York Times: one Arab and two US officials say he acted alone, with no known link to Iran. Arutz Sheva cites CBS for an initial Israeli finding of a lone attacker. Both call the findings early.

Who should have vetted him.

Outlet Account
Haaretz the ministry took screening from the Shin Bet in 2021, a security source says
The Jerusalem Post Netanyahu gave the ministry the job in 2025; officials say intelligence vetting is outside its remit
JNS the Tax Authority checked crews only for criminal status

Not settled. Whether he had outside ties. Which year the job moved, and whether it ever covered intelligence checks. No official has said on the record who was responsible.

This story is about a crew member who attacked the captain of a passenger jet flying to Israel, and the argument in Israel over who should have caught him first.

How it got here. The UAE and Israel set up diplomatic relations in 2020 under the Abraham Accords. Direct flights followed. flydubai, a low-cost airline owned by the Dubai government, flies the Dubai–Tel Aviv route. Foreign airlines landing in Israel bring foreign crews, and Israel runs its own checks on them. That work once sat with the Shin Bet, Israel's domestic security service. At some point it moved to the Transportation Ministry. When it moved, and how much of it, is now disputed.

On 30 September 2026, on flight 1073, the co-pilot attacked the captain with a crash axe, the UAE prosecutor general said, according to Reuters. France 24 says the plane was diverted to Saudi Arabia. The Jerusalem Post reports that a flydubai rescue flight later landed in Israel.

The actors. The UAE, whose prosecutor is investigating and whose government owns the airline. Oman, whose national the co-pilot is said to be; Oman has no diplomatic relations with Israel. Israel's government, ministries and security services, which are now trading blame. Australia, where police say they are looking into the co-pilot's "links to Australia". Iran comes into it because Iran and Israel are open enemies and fought a war in June 2025, so any attack on a flight bound for Israel raises the question. The officials quoted so far say they know of no link.

What is at stake. If the gap was in Israel's own checks, it covers every foreign crew landing at Ben Gurion airport, not only this one. LBCI reports that crews holding Lebanese and Syrian passports passed through Ben Gurion without being stopped. Ynet quotes a former senior official who says the ministry's security division is short of money and staff.

Where it stands. The investigations are at an early stage. Nobody has said on the record who was responsible.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Whether to call the attacker a co-pilot, a hijacker or a terrorist
  • Whether he acted alone or had ties to Iran or anyone else
  • Which Israeli body was meant to vet foreign flight crews, and since when
  • Whether crews with Lebanese and Syrian passports have passed Israeli checks unchallenged
One man, six descriptionsSide by side
OutletWhat it calls himLabel credited to someone else?
co-pilotYes: "terrorist attack" credited to the UAE prosecutor generalAl-Monitor (Reuters)
hijackerNo: in its own headlineThe Jerusalem Post
terroristNo: in its own headline; only the lone-attacker finding is credited to CBSArutz Sheva
pilot-terroristNo: label stated flat; the engine shutdown is hedged with "probably"Ynet
co-pilot accused of attempted axe attackYes: "accused"Al Jazeera English
flightcrew memberNo label usedFrance 24
The word each outlet uses in its own voice, and whether it credits the label to someone else.
Sources Al-Monitor
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Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Australia probes flydubai co-pilot links, police say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai hijacker's years in Australia under scrutiny as authorities probe link to country - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Israeli assessment: Flydubai terrorist was lone wolf Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Arutz Sheva → What we have measured A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1 from 2981 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent תחקיר חדש: הטייס-מחבל העומאני כנראה כיבה את המנועים באוויר Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2683 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How was Flydubai co-pilot cleared despite being deemed a security risk? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4954 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → France 24
Centre estimate · not a score
France 24 🇫🇷FR · public broadcaster · state-funded international The week in pictures: Disaster averted on Flydubai flight, French school protests and Bangkok floods Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at France 24 → What we have measured Actor label Hezbollah is identified by its backer. ×1Adversary left to inference the quote names independence but never who from; the report does not fill it in ×1Agency Uses active voice for both killings. The soldiers' account of the car-ramming is credited to the military, not stated as fact ×1A price without its measure above 100 dollars a barrel, with no benchmark named and no date for the comparison ×1 from 2847 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Who was meant to vet foreign crews: four accountsSide by side
OutletWhat it saysSource
The Transportation Ministry took crew screening from the Shin Bet in 2021; the National Security Council later found it was not doing itone unnamed security sourceHaaretz
Netanyahu gave the ministry foreign-flight security in 2025; intelligence vetting of foreign pilots is outside its remitunnamed officialsThe Jerusalem Post
The Tax Authority received the crew list but checked only for criminal statusthe Tax AuthorityJNS
The ministry's security division is short of budget and staff; the ministry says it works from scenarios set by the security servicesan unnamed former senior official; a ministry statementYnet
No source on who was responsible is named. The ministry's only quoted reply is one line to Ynet.
Sources Haaretz
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Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel's National Security Council warned the Transportation Ministry was failing to screen foreign flights last year, source says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Gov't, security bodies point fingers, deny responsibility over flydubai attempted hijacking Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · Israeli Transportation Ministry failed to vet foreign flight crews Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2005 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent מאחורי הקריסה באגף הביטחון במשרד התחבורה: "זה לא מעניין את המנכ"ל או את השרה" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2683 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Co-pilot, hijacker or terrorist

The reports use three different words for the same man. Two call him a terrorist in their own voice, and one puts the word in quotation marks and credits it to the UAE prosecutor. Only two reports name him.

2 reports calling him a terrorist in their own voice 1 reports calling him a hijacker 1 reports crediting 'terrorist attack' to an official 2 reports that name him

Who was meant to vet him

Six reports turn the story into a question about Israeli screening of foreign crews. Three put the failure on the Transportation Ministry in the headline. Every source blaming the ministry is unnamed, and the ministry's only quoted reply is a one-line statement.

6 reports on the screening failure 3 that blame the Transportation Ministry in the headline 0 named officials quoted on who was responsible
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Australia probes flydubai co-pilot links, police say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai hijacker's years in Australia under scrutiny as authorities probe link to country - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How was Flydubai co-pilot cleared despite being deemed a security risk? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4954 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international What are the five questions being asked regarding the Flydubai attack? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4954 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent نیویورک تایمز: کمک خلبان پرواز فلای دبی ارتباطی با ایران ندارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Israeli assessment: Flydubai terrorist was lone wolf Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Arutz Sheva → What we have measured A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1 from 2981 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent תחקיר חדש: הטייס-מחבל העומאני כנראה כיבה את המנועים באוויר Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2683 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · How ordinary Israelis helped save a Flydubai flight Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2005 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · Israeli Transportation Ministry failed to vet foreign flight crews Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2005 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel's National Security Council warned the Transportation Ministry was failing to screen foreign flights last year, source says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Gov't, security bodies point fingers, deny responsibility over flydubai attempted hijacking Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent طيارون ومضيفون يحملون جوازات سفر لبنانية وسورية وأخرى دخلوا عبر مطار بن غوريون من دون اعتراض... اليكم التفاصيل Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · تقرير عبري: جوازات سورية ولبنانية في مطار بن غوريون Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent מאחורי הקריסה באגף הביטחון במשרד התחבורה: "זה לא מעניין את המנכ"ל או את השרה" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2683 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → France 24
Centre estimate · not a score
France 24 🇫🇷FR · public broadcaster · state-funded international The week in pictures: Disaster averted on Flydubai flight, French school protests and Bangkok floods Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at France 24 → What we have measured Actor label Hezbollah is identified by its backer. ×1Adversary left to inference the quote names independence but never who from; the report does not fill it in ×1Agency Uses active voice for both killings. The soldiers' account of the car-ramming is credited to the military, not stated as fact ×1A price without its measure above 100 dollars a barrel, with no benchmark named and no date for the comparison ×1 from 2847 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true The co-pilot who attacked the captain of flydubai flight 1073 is Hammam al-Hammami, an Omani national.
Two separate accounts give the same name: Reuters' two sources, carried by Al-Monitor, and one Arab and two US officials quoted by the New York Times, carried by Shargh; The Jerusalem Post also reports that he is Omani. Both accounts rest on unnamed sources, and none of the reports we hold carries an on-record confirmation of the name.
Checked against 3 sources:
Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Australia probes flydubai co-pilot links, police say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent نیویورک تایمز: کمک خلبان پرواز فلای دبی ارتباطی با ایران ندارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai hijacker's years in Australia under scrutiny as authorities probe link to country - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
true Initial findings show the co-pilot acted alone.
The New York Times' officials, via Shargh, and an initial Israeli assessment reported by CBS, via Arutz Sheva, both say he acted alone, and Shargh's report adds that no link to Iran is known. Both say the findings are preliminary, and Arutz Sheva reports that investigators are still looking at possible outside ties.
Checked against 2 sources:
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent نیویورک تایمز: کمک خلبان پرواز فلای دبی ارتباطی با ایران ندارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Israeli assessment: Flydubai terrorist was lone wolf Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Arutz Sheva → What we have measured A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1 from 2981 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
disputed Israel's Transportation Ministry was responsible for the security vetting of foreign flight crews and failed to do it.
A security source told Haaretz that the ministry took the role over from the Shin Bet in 2021, and JNS reports that the ministry failed to vet crews. The Jerusalem Post dates the assignment to 2025 and quotes officials who say intelligence vetting of foreign pilots falls outside the ministry's remit.
Checked against 3 sources:
Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel's National Security Council warned the Transportation Ministry was failing to screen foreign flights last year, source says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · Israeli Transportation Ministry failed to vet foreign flight crews Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2005 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Gov't, security bodies point fingers, deny responsibility over flydubai attempted hijacking Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

E Eli Leon The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Unnamed source biography rests on unnamed sources×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 true
From 23 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
ס סיון חילאי Ynet
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Hypothetical figure a thousand dead that did not happen, from an unnamed former official×1
Hypothetical toll a counterfactual death toll from a former official, run as a direct quote×1
From 25 reports we hold under this byline, at Ynet. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
D Daniel Seaman JNS
No independent reading has coded a report under this byline yet. We do not infer a journalist's views from the outlet that employs them.
From 8 reports we hold under this byline, at JNS. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
E Etgar Lefkovits JNS
No independent reading has coded a report under this byline yet. We do not infer a journalist's views from the outlet that employs them.
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed
From 51 reports we hold under this byline, at JNS. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
J Jonathan Lis Haaretz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Intention stated as fact What two party leaders are trying to do is asserted with a figure attached and no source for either claim.×1
Named actor for failure dates the handover from the Shin Bet to 2021, with no politician named; one unnamed security source×1
What is stated flat two politicians' private intentions, and a seat figure for one of them, given with no source×1
Who is named as acting IDF named as the one killing×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed1 unverified
From 55 reports we hold under this byline, at Haaretz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
ا المدن - سياسة Al-Modon
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue"×1
Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer×1
Asserted vs attributed The rivals' word 'catastrophe' is quoted, and so attributed. The weapons-for-Iran charge stands in the same headline without quotation marks.×1
Critic leads The headline carries the charge that Hezbollah's weapons serve Iranian aims.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 false6 unverified2 true
From 489 reports we hold under this byline, at Al-Modon. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
S Shir Perets The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed The headline calls him 'hijacking pilot' as fact and puts his nationality forward; only the flight halt is sourced.×1
Counter voice the army and the security service are quoted against the minister's warning×1
Dissent carried The army and the security service are quoted disputing the premise.×1
Employment status says he is an outsourced contractor, not a state employee×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed3 unverified1 true
From 85 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
U Udi Etzion The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Named actor for failure names Netanyahu as the person who gave the ministry the job, and dates it to 2025×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 disputed
From 12 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
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Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai hijacker's years in Australia under scrutiny as authorities probe link to country - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Unnamed sources say the pilot studied in Australia from 2015 to 2017, on a student visa issued in 2014.
Australian law enforcement authorities have launched a broad security investigation into the country's links to Hamam al-Hamami, the copilot accused of trying to hijack and crash a flydubai aircraft bound for Israel, the BBC reported on Sunday.Australian police confirmed in an official statement to the BBC on Sunday morning that they were conducting an in-depth investigation into the suspect's background. The complex investigation is being carried out in cooperation with state police forces and the country's national security agency to trace his movements and activities in Australia.The main f
Unnamed source: biography rests on unnamed sources — “Sources familiar with the case said the pilot, an Omani citizen, stayed in Australia on a student visa issued in 2014.”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/international/islamic-terrorism/article-910529
Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent מאחורי הקריסה באגף הביטחון במשרד התחבורה: "זה לא מעניין את המנכ"ל או את השרה" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2683 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Israel's transport security division is short of staff and money, and its head has a second job. The ministry says the 2018 management approved that job.
אחד הגופים האמורים להוות קו הגנה מרכזי של ישראל בתחום התעופה - שרלוונטי למדי ברקע המחדל שאפשר לאיסלאמיסט קיצוני מוכר ומתועד להטיס מטוס "פליי דובאי" לארץ – הוא אגף ביטחון, חירום וסייבר במשרד התחבורה. התפקיד שלו הוא לפקח על כלל המרחב האווירי, הימי והיבשתי בישראל, אבל מצבו בימים אלה מעורר סימני שאלה רבים, משום שהוא פועל כמעט ללא עובדים, תקציב או קיום דיונים. האגף הוקם כחלק מרפורמה ארגונית במשרדי הממשלה, שנולדה בעקבות שורת דוחות מבקר המדינה לאורך השנים, שהצביעו על היעדר סנכרון ועל פערי פיקוח חמורים באבטחת תשתיות התחבורה הלאומיות. המטרה הייתה לרכז תחת קורת גג אחת את המענה הביטחוני, הנחיות האבטחה, מ
Hypothetical figure: a thousand dead that did not happen, from an unnamed former official — “עוד רגע היינו משלמים באלף הרוגים”
Hypothetical toll: a counterfactual death toll from a former official, run as a direct quote — “עוד רגע היינו משלמים באלף הרוגים”
Read it at Ynet → https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/s1ruti1ozx
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international How was Flydubai co-pilot cleared despite being deemed a security risk? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4954 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-funded international
The only headline that hedges: the co-pilot is "accused" of an attempted axe attack.
play Live Sign up Show navigation menu Navigation menu NewsShow more news sections Africa Asia US & Canada Latin America Europe Asia Pacific Middle East Explained Sport Opinion Video MoreShow more sections Originals Features Economy Human Rights Climate Crisis Investigations Interactives In Pictures Science & Technology Podcasts Travel Sponsored Content play Live Click here to searchsearch Sign up EXPLAINER News|Explainer How was Flydubai co-pilot cleared despite being deemed a security risk? Aviation security protocols under scrutiny after co-pilot accused of attempted axe attack aboard Flydu
Hedged: 'accused' where other headlines say 'hijacker' flat — “co-pilot accused of attempted axe attack”
Hedge: the same act is hedged as an accusation, where other reports call him a hijacker outright — “co-pilot accused of attempted axe attack aboard Flydubai flight”
Read it at Al Jazeera English → https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/4/how-was-flydubai-co-pilot-clea…
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent نیویورک تایمز: کمک خلبان پرواز فلای دبی ارتباطی با ایران ندارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Cites the New York Times: one Arab and two US officials say he acted alone, with no known link to Iran.
سیاست ۱۲ مهر ۱۴۰۵ ۱۷:۰۷ نیویورک تایمز: کمک خلبان پرواز فلای دبی ارتباطی با ایران ندارد رسانه آمریکایی اعلام کرد: یک مقام عرب و دو مقام آمریکایی گفته‌اند تحقیقات تا کنون نشان می‌دهد که همام الحمامی، ۲۹ ساله، کمک خلبان پرواز فلای‌دبی به تنهایی عمل کرد و هیچ گونه ارتباط شناخته‌شده‌ای با ایران نداشته است. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، روزنامه نیویورک تایمز به نقل از مقامات عربی و آمریکایی در بخشی از گزارش خود درباره ابعاد حادثه برای پرواز فلای دبی نوشت، کمک خلبان این هواپیما که عامل بروز درگیری بود و ظاهرا قصد ساقط کردن این هواپیما را داشت، با وجود تلاش‌های رژیم صهیونیستی برای مرتبط ساختن آن با ایرا
Unnamed sources: the finding of no Iran link rests on three unnamed officials — “یک مقام عرب و دو مقام آمریکایی گفته‌اند”
Iran link: denies an Iran link, citing three unnamed officials relayed through a US paper — “به تنهایی عمل کرد و هیچ گونه ارتباط شناخته‌شده‌ای با ایران نداشته است”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1132522
France 24
Centre estimate · not a score
France 24 🇫🇷FR · public broadcaster · state-funded international The week in pictures: Disaster averted on Flydubai flight, French school protests and Bangkok floods Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at France 24 → What we have measured Actor label Hezbollah is identified by its backer. ×1Adversary left to inference the quote names independence but never who from; the report does not fill it in ×1Agency Uses active voice for both killings. The soldiers' account of the car-ramming is credited to the military, not stated as fact ×1A price without its measure above 100 dollars a barrel, with no benchmark named and no date for the comparison ×1 from 2847 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-funded international
Calls it a "flightcrew member's onboard attack" and says the flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia.
From French highschoolers protesting to demand better learning conditions to a Flydubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia after a flightcrew member's onboard attack and flooded streets in Bangkok, FRANCE 24 looks back at the week's most striking pictures.
Read it at France 24 → https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261004-the-week-in-pictures-d…
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international What are the five questions being asked regarding the Flydubai attack? Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al Jazeera English → What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4954 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — state-funded international
play Live Sign up Show navigation menu Navigation menu NewsShow more news sections Africa Asia US & Canada Latin America Europe Asia Pacific Middle East Explained Sport Opinion Video MoreShow more sections Originals Features Economy Human Rights Climate Crisis Investigations Interactives In Pictures Science & Technology Podcasts Travel Sponsored Content play Live Click here to searchsearch Sign up EXPLAINER News|Aviation What are the five questions being asked regarding the Flydubai attack? As investigations are conducted, official versions of the incident have come under scrutiny. xwhatsapp-s
Read it at Al Jazeera English → https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/4/what-are-the-five-questions-be…
Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Australia probes flydubai co-pilot links, police say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Reuters' two sources name the co-pilot as Hammam al-Hammami, an Omani. The UAE prosecutor general calls it a "terrorist attack". Australian police are examining his links to Australia.
Australia probes flydubai co-pilot links, police say Oct 4, 2026 Add AL-MONITOR on Google FlyDubai flight diversion prompts wait at Ben Gurion airport — Ammar Awad Oct 4 (Reuters) - Australian police said on Sunday that authorities there were investigating the "links to Australia" of a flydubai co-pilot who attacked the captain on a flight to Tel Aviv. The co-pilot of the flydubai flight 1073, which was bound for Israel from Dubai, attacked the pilot with an emergency crash axe, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general said on Saturday, calling the incident a "terrorist attack". The co-pilo
Attribution of the label: 'terrorist attack' is put in quotation marks and credited to the UAE prosecutor general; the report itself calls him the co-pilot — “calling the incident a "terrorist attack"”
Label for attacker: calls him 'co-pilot' in its own voice and attributes 'terrorist attack' to the UAE prosecutor — “calling the incident a "terrorist attack"”
Read it at Al-Monitor → https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/australia-probes-flydubai-…
A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Israeli assessment: Flydubai terrorist was lone wolf Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Arutz Sheva → What we have measured A caveat kept in the only report we hold that says the rejection was of a promo, not the finished film ×1A different word, and a hedge Calls the same event an airstrike rather than a controlled demolition, and marks it "Reported" while offering footage as its evidence. ×1An allegation stated as established the headline presents the plan as fact and as a disclosure, with no attribution to the charge sheet ×1Asserted flat Calls it a 'terror network' and says Iran helped build it, in its own voice, with no source. ×1 from 2981 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Carries CBS: an initial Israeli assessment points to a lone attacker, while investigators still look at outside ties.
CBS News reports an initial Israeli probe points to a lone attacker, while investigators continue examining the copilot’s background and possible outside ties.
Label for the attacker: 'terrorist', stated in the outlet's own voice; only the lone-wolf finding is attributed — “Flydubai terrorist was lone wolf”
Label for attacker: 'terrorist' stated flat in the headline, while the body credits the 'lone' finding to CBS News — “Israeli assessment: Flydubai terrorist was lone wolf”
Read it at Arutz Sheva → https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/694723
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent طيارون ومضيفون يحملون جوازات سفر لبنانية وسورية وأخرى دخلوا عبر مطار بن غوريون من دون اعتراض... اليكم التفاصيل Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Its headline says pilots and cabin crew holding Lebanese and Syrian passports passed through Ben Gurion airport without being stopped.
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/world/961131/title/ar?src=rss&utm_source=T…
J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · How ordinary Israelis helped save a Flydubai flight Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2005 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Welcome to “Straight Up,” the bold, unfiltered JNS news show hosted by former director of Israel’s Government Press Office, Danny Seaman. Drawing on decades at the forefront of Israeli media and public diplomacy, he delivers sharp, unapologetic analysis on the issues shaping Israel, the Middle East and the global news narrative. From dismantling myths about the Oslo Accords in the 1990s to the Abraham Accords of 2020 to exposing the Iran-Hezbollah-Hamas alliance and the Western media’s bias against Israel, Seaman’s commentary is fearless, factual and grounded in firsthand experience. His direc
Read it at JNS → https://www.jns.org/jns-tv/straight-up/how-ordinary-israelis-helped-sav…
Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent תחקיר חדש: הטייס-מחבל העומאני כנראה כיבה את המנועים באוויר Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2683 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Cites Corriere della Sera's minute-by-minute account: two 737 captains read the videos as showing the co-pilot probably shut down the engines in the air.
בשיא הדרמה באוויר ביום רביעי האחרון, אחרי שהכה שוב ושוב את הקברניט ההודי סמית מאצ'צ'אר שהצליח בכוחותיו האחרונים להסיט את הלחצן שמאפשר את פתיחת דלת הקוקפיט, הטייס-מחבל העומאני המאם אל-המאמי הבין שתוכניתו לרסק את מטוס פליי-דובאי לא תצליח. ואז הוא החליט לרסק את המטוס באמצע המדבר, בסעודיה. לפי תחקיר חדש שערך העיתון האיטלקי "קוריירה דלה סרה", הטייס-מחבל ניתק את הטייס האוטומטי, לקח את השליטה - ודחף את ההגאים קדימה בכל הכוח. כך איבד המטוס 16 אלף רגל בפחות מדקה. אבל לפי התחקיר שפורסם היום (ראשון), היבט נוסף שלא פורסם עד כה הוא האפשרות שהטייס-מחבל אף כיבה את הזרמת הדלק למנועים - ובכך כיבה אותם הלכה למע
Hedged versus flat: 'pilot-terrorist' is stated flat, while the engine shutdown is hedged with 'probably' — “הטייס-מחבל העומאני כנראה כיבה את המנועים באוויר”
Read it at Ynet → https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/rkzb1njife
J JNS
Right estimate · not a score
JNS 🇮🇱IL · digital · Israeli Transportation Ministry failed to vet foreign flight crews Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at JNS → What we have measured Allegation described neutrally The headline describes the suit as a request for records on editorial standards, with Israel coverage one part of it. ×1Army claim attributed The army's legal justification is attributed to the army. ×1Army's term in the headline the headline adopts 'terror assets' in its own voice, without attribution ×1Army term in the headline The headline uses the army's own phrase without quotation marks. The body attributes only the ceasefire line to the army. ×1 from 2005 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Says the Tax Authority received the list of foreign crews but checked them only for criminal status.
Israel’s Tax Authority confirmed it had received a list of foreign flight crews, but only checked them for criminal status. Israel’s Transportation Ministry acknowledged this weekend that it had failed to vet international flight crews arriving in the country, and relied entirely on airlines to confirm their crews had passed background security checks. The security lapse came to light following the September 30 attack on a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv. The admission came after it emerged that the Omani co-pilot who attacked the captain and then tried to crash the plane was allowed to fly
Read it at JNS → https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/israeli-transportation-ministry-fa…
Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel's National Security Council warned the Transportation Ministry was failing to screen foreign flights last year, source says Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
A security source says the Transportation Ministry took crew screening from the Shin Bet in 2021, and the National Security Council later found it was not doing the job.
oNavigationAccount Details Haaretz - back to home page SearchAccessibility Elections HQ Poll Tracker Netanyahu's Abu Dhabi Plan Who's Eisenkot? Learn From Abu Shehadeh Current section Following the flydubai incident, a security source said the Transportation Ministry assumed responsibility for screening flight crews from the Shin Bet back in 2021; the National Security Council later found the ministry was not fulfilling that role Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Israel's National Security Council warned last year that the Transportation Ministry was not properly fulfilling its respo
Named actor for failure: dates the handover from the Shin Bet to 2021, with no politician named; one unnamed security source — “the Transportation Ministry assumed responsibility for screening flight crews from the Shin Bet back in 2021”
Read it at Haaretz → https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-10-04/ty-artic…
A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · تقرير عبري: جوازات سورية ولبنانية في مطار بن غوريون Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Modon → What we have measured Actor left unnamed a man is killed by an air strike in the headline with nobody named as striking; shelling and demolitions simply "continue" ×1Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter. ×1Actor named, action nominalised Israeli escalation is named but arrives as a wave, not as a doer ×1Affected people The only report that looks at people in the south: the explosions, the fear and the displacement. ×1 from 3381 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Cites a Hebrew report in which a former Ben Gurion airport employee describes long-standing gaps in crew checks.
حجم الخط مشاركة عبر كشفت موظفة سابقة في مطار بن غوريون عن ثغرات أمنية قديمة في إجراءات التدقيق بأفراد أطقم الطيران الأجنبية، مؤكدة أن طيارين ومضيفين يحملون جوازات سفر لبنانية وسورية، إلى جانب جنسيات أخرى تعتبرها إسرائيل "معادية"، سبق أن مرّوا عبر المطار خلال السنوات الماضية. وتأتي هذه الشهادة في خضم التحقيق الإسرائيلي المتواصل في محاولة الاعتداء على طائرة تابعة لشركة "فلاي دبي"، وهي القضية التي أعادت فتح ملف آليات فحص أفراد الأطقم الجوية الأجنبية، وحدود مسؤولية السلطات الإسرائيلية في التدقيق في خلفياتهم الأمنية. وكانت القناة 12 الإسرائيلية قد وصفت القضية بأنها "إخفاق استخباري"، مشيرة إلى أن طي
Read it at Al-Modon → https://www.almodon.com/politics/2026/10/04/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8…
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Gov't, security bodies point fingers, deny responsibility over flydubai attempted hijacking Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Says Netanyahu gave the ministry foreign-flight security in 2025. Officials now say intelligence vetting of foreign pilots is outside its remit.
The Transportation Ministry rejected responsibility on Sunday for conducting intelligence background checks on foreign airline pilots, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assigning responsibility for the security of foreign flights to the ministry and its Security Division in mid-2025.The ministry's position has come under scrutiny following the attempted terror hijacking by an Omani flydubai pilot who had previously landed at Ben-Gurion Airport, raising questions over what checks were carried out on foreign airline crews and which Israeli body was responsible for them.In 2021, the Shin
Named actor for failure: names Netanyahu as the person who gave the ministry the job, and dates it to 2025 — “Netanyahu assigned foreign-flight security to the ministry in 2025”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910494
Checked, didn’t cover
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15024 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1168 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Centre estimate · not a score
Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
Centre estimate · not a score
The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
Centre estimate · not a score
Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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