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The Jerusalem Post says 'hijacking', a UAE adviser says 'terrorist act', An-Nahar says 'incident', and no one has shown who, if anyone, sent the co-pilot

On a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, the Omani co-pilot stabbed the Indian captain, and the plane landed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu threatens whoever 'sent' him. He has offered no evidence that anyone did.

Flydubai hijacker, wounded pilot accompanied by Emirati security team to UAE, Saudi Arabia says
Flydubai hijacker, wounded pilot accompanied by Emirati security team to UAE, Saudi Arabia says as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
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What every account agrees on. The co-pilot attacked the captain in the cockpit on Wednesday. Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says so (via North Press Agency). So does the captain, Smit Machchhar, speaking through the Jerusalem Post, and so do passengers, through An-Nahar. The Boeing 737 carried 174 passengers, An-Nahar says. It landed in Tabuk.

What it is called depends on who is writing.

Outlet Word for the event Motive
The Jerusalem Post "hijacking" not stated in headlines
Arutz Sheva "the Flydubai terrorist" Netanyahu quoted: "came to crash the plane"
Haaretz, quoting Gargash "terrorist act" "extremism and terrorism"
France 24 "violent clash on board" "remains unclear"
An-Nahar, LBCI حادثة (incident) "under investigation"

Who sent him. Netanyahu says Israel is "investigating whether he was sent". In Arutz Sheva's headline, the "whether" is gone. An-Nahar says he spoke "without providing evidence" that any state was responsible. Of the six reports that carry the threat, three say the motive or the sender is unproven.

How far it fell. An-Nahar cites Flightradar24: 17,000ft in one minute. Al Jazeera says 17,000ft in under two minutes.

What is NOT settled - Why he did it. Netanyahu speaks of "Islamic radicalization". The UAE prosecutor is still checking for any terrorist link. - Whether anyone directed him. - Who he is. No report we hold names the co-pilot.

This story is about a violent attack in the cockpit of a passenger jet flying from Dubai to Israel, and about how governments in the region are now treating it.

How it got here. In September 2020 the United Arab Emirates signed the Abraham Accords and established diplomatic relations with Israel. Direct flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv followed. FlyDubai, a low-cost airline owned by the Dubai government, is one of the carriers on that route. Israel's war in Gaza began after the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023. It strained Israel's ties across the Arab world, but the UAE kept the relationship. Saudi Arabia has no diplomatic relations with Israel. It does let flights to and from Israel cross its airspace, which is why this flight was over Saudi territory. The Jerusalem Post reports that Netanyahu visited the UAE this same week.

The actors. - Israel: the flight's destination. Its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is threatening whoever may be behind the attack. - The UAE: the airline's home. Its prosecutor is investigating, and a senior presidential adviser, Anwar Gargash, has called the attack a terrorist act. - Saudi Arabia: the plane made its emergency landing in Tabuk, in the kingdom's north-west. Its Interior Ministry led the first inquiry, with a UAE security team taking part. - Oman: the co-pilot's country, according to the Jerusalem Post. Oman has no diplomatic relations with Israel. - India: the captain's country.

What is at stake. If investigators find that a state or group directed the attack, Netanyahu's threat puts that party on notice. That could test cooperation between Israel and the Gulf. If he acted alone, the questions shift to how airlines vet their crews. Israel's ambassador to the UAE told the Jerusalem Post the relationship was not weakened.

Where it stands. Both men were flown to the UAE with an Emirati security team. The investigations in the UAE and Saudi Arabia are still open.

The story so far

Earlier stories The AI Times filed on this thread.

What is being argued about

  • Hijacking, terrorist act or incident: what the outlets call the attack
  • Netanyahu's threat, and whether anyone sent the co-pilot
  • How far and how fast the plane fell
  • What the attack means for Israel's ties with the UAE and Saudi Arabia
One flight, several namesSide by side
OutletWhat it calls the eventSays the motive or sender is unproven?
The Jerusalem Posthijacking / hijackerOne opinion piece says investigators are still trying to understand
Arutz Shevathe Flydubai terroristNo
Haaretzincident; "terrorist act" only when quoting Gargash—
France 24violent clash on boardYes: "remains unclear"
Ynetthe Omani co-pilot who tried to crash the planeYes, for the sender only
An-Naharحادثة (incident); هجوم (attack)Yes: "without providing evidence"
LBCIحادثة (incident)—
North Press Agencycockpit incident—
A dash means the text we hold does not address the question.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent UAE president's senior advisor calls flydubai plane hijacking 'dangerous terrorist attack' 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai hijacking: Israel is a nation of heroes - time for the gov't to show courage too - opinion 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 · Netanyahu: 'Whoever sent the Flydubai terrorist will pay a steep price' 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 → A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · UAE President advisor: Hijacking a terrorist act, Indian pilot deserves every bit of appreciation 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 → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Senior UAE adviser labels flydubai incident 'terrorist act' 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 → France 24
Centre estimate · not a score
France 24 🇫🇷FR · public broadcaster · state-funded international Netanyahu warns of 'very heavy price' if any country found to be behind FlyDubai incident 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 → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent נתניהו: אם מישהו שלח את הטייס - הוא ישלם מחיר כבד מאוד 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent نتنياهو: من أرسل منفذ هجوم طائرة فلاي دبي سيدفع ثمناً باهظاً جداً Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent نتنياهو: أي جهة يثبت ضلوعها في حادثة طائرة "فلاي دبي" ستدفع "ثمنا باهظا" 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 → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent Saudi Arabia reveals details of Flydubai cockpit incident Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at North Press Agency → 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 →
The words in 19 headlinesChart
All five 'hijacking' headlines come from the Jerusalem Post and Arutz Sheva.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent UAE president's senior advisor calls flydubai plane hijacking 'dangerous terrorist attack' 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 · UAE President advisor: Hijacking a terrorist act, Indian pilot deserves every bit of appreciation 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai hijacking: Israel is a nation of heroes - time for the gov't to show courage too - opinion 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Omani flydubai hijacking suspect held no second nationality, sources say – exclusive 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai hijacker, wounded pilot accompanied by Emirati security team to UAE, Saudi Arabia says 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 → France 24
Centre estimate · not a score
France 24 🇫🇷FR · public broadcaster · state-funded international Netanyahu warns of 'very heavy price' if any country found to be behind FlyDubai incident 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 → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent Saudi Arabia reveals details of Flydubai cockpit incident Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at North Press Agency → 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent نتنياهو: أي جهة يثبت ضلوعها في حادثة طائرة "فلاي دبي" ستدفع "ثمنا باهظا" 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 → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Senior UAE adviser labels flydubai incident 'terrorist act' 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 Ambassador to UAE says flydubai incident didn't weaken Israel-Emirati relations - interview 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 → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent نتنياهو: من أرسل منفذ هجوم طائرة فلاي دبي سيدفع ثمناً باهظاً جداً Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 → A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · طيار "فلاي دبي" يروي تفاصيل الهجوم: ماذا جرى؟ 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 → UN News
Spectrum not set estimate · not a score
UN News INT · official record · intergovernmental body World News in Brief: Marshall Islands nuclear legacy, FlyDubai attack condemned, Ukraine update, breast cancer treatment expanded in West Bank Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at UN News → What we have measured Actors named Names both vetoing states and the sponsor, and says what the draft would have created ×1Asserted versus attributed share of women and children among the dead given with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed Israel named as acting, stated in the report's own voice ×1Asymmetric verb The Iranian government's crimes are 'confirmed'. The US finding is only 'reasonable grounds'. The two findings are weighted differently in one sentence. ×1 from 439 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
What the reports establishFacts optional section
  • The Boeing 737 was carrying 174 passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday. An-Nahar →
  • The Saudi Interior Ministry says the co-pilot assaulted the captain, forcing an emergency landing in Tabuk. North Press Agency →
  • The captain, Smit Machchhar, says he opened the cockpit door from the floor while he was being attacked. the-jerusalem-post →
  • The UAE public prosecutor ordered checks for any link to terrorist activity or prior planning. An-Nahar →
Sources An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent نتنياهو: من أرسل منفذ هجوم طائرة فلاي دبي سيدفع ثمناً باهظاً جداً Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent Saudi Arabia reveals details of Flydubai cockpit incident Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at North Press Agency → 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 → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Indian flydubai pilot who opened cockpit door shares story with Prime Minister Narendra Modi 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 →
The bias in this coverageBias

Hijacking, terror attack or incident: three words for one flight

Five headlines use 'hijacking' or 'hijacker', and five use 'incident' for the same event. One report calls the co-pilot a terrorist in its own words, without quotation marks. Three of the six reports carrying Netanyahu's threat note that no one has shown who was behind it, if anyone.

5 headlines saying hijacking or hijacker 5 headlines saying incident 6 reports carrying Netanyahu's threat 3 of those, reports noting the motive or sender is unproven

One plunge, two durations

Two reports give the same 17,000ft drop. One says it took under two minutes, the other one minute. Neither says how the time was measured beyond a tracking site.

2 reports giving the fall 2 durations given
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent UAE president's senior advisor calls flydubai plane hijacking 'dangerous terrorist attack' 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 → France 24
Centre estimate · not a score
France 24 🇫🇷FR · public broadcaster · state-funded international Netanyahu warns of 'very heavy price' if any country found to be behind FlyDubai incident 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 → A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Netanyahu: 'Whoever sent the Flydubai terrorist will pay a steep price' 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 → A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · UAE President advisor: Hijacking a terrorist act, Indian pilot deserves every bit of appreciation 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 נתניהו: אם מישהו שלח את הטייס - הוא ישלם מחיר כבד מאוד 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 → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent הרוח הישראלית 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 → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent Saudi Arabia reveals details of Flydubai cockpit incident Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at North Press Agency → 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 → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent نتنياهو: أي جهة يثبت ضلوعها في حادثة طائرة "فلاي دبي" ستدفع "ثمنا باهظا" 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 → An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent نتنياهو: من أرسل منفذ هجوم طائرة فلاي دبي سيدفع ثمناً باهظاً جداً Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 → Al Jazeera English
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Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international 12 minutes of madness: How Flydubai pilot, passengers saved plane midfall 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 → Haaretz
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Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Senior UAE adviser labels flydubai incident 'terrorist act' 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
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The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai saga captures Israel’s role in a new Middle East - and its old limits 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 → The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai hijacking: Israel is a nation of heroes - time for the gov't to show courage too - opinion 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 → The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Ambassador to UAE says flydubai incident didn't weaken Israel-Emirati relations - interview 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 → The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Omani flydubai hijacking suspect held no second nationality, sources say – exclusive 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 → The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Indian flydubai pilot who opened cockpit door shares story with Prime Minister Narendra Modi 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 → The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai hijacker, wounded pilot accompanied by Emirati security team to UAE, Saudi Arabia says 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 Al-Modon
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Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · طيار "فلاي دبي" يروي تفاصيل الهجوم: ماذا جرى؟ 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 → UN News
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UN News INT · official record · intergovernmental body World News in Brief: Marshall Islands nuclear legacy, FlyDubai attack condemned, Ukraine update, breast cancer treatment expanded in West Bank Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at UN News → What we have measured Actors named Names both vetoing states and the sponsor, and says what the draft would have created ×1Asserted versus attributed share of women and children among the dead given with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed Israel named as acting, stated in the report's own voice ×1Asymmetric verb The Iranian government's crimes are 'confirmed'. The US finding is only 'reasonable grounds'. The two findings are weighted differently in one sentence. ×1 from 439 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

true The FlyDubai co-pilot attacked and stabbed the captain in the cockpit during the Dubai–Tel Aviv flight.
Several separate accounts say this: the Saudi Interior Ministry (via North Press Agency), the captain's own account (Jerusalem Post), passengers' accounts (An-Nahar), and France 24 and Arutz Sheva. None of the reports we hold contradicts it.
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North Press Agency
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North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent Saudi Arabia reveals details of Flydubai cockpit incident Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at North Press Agency → 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 → The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Indian flydubai pilot who opened cockpit door shares story with Prime Minister Narendra Modi 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 → An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent نتنياهو: من أرسل منفذ هجوم طائرة فلاي دبي سيدفع ثمناً باهظاً جداً Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 → France 24
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France 24 🇫🇷FR · public broadcaster · state-funded international Netanyahu warns of 'very heavy price' if any country found to be behind FlyDubai incident 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 → A Arutz Sheva
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Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · UAE President advisor: Hijacking a terrorist act, Indian pilot deserves every bit of appreciation 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 →
unverified The co-pilot had been radicalised and meant to crash the plane with its passengers.
Netanyahu says so (Arutz Sheva), and passengers told An-Nahar the aim was to bring the plane down. France 24, Ynet and An-Nahar all say the motive is still unclear and under investigation.
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A Arutz Sheva
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Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Netanyahu: 'Whoever sent the Flydubai terrorist will pay a steep price' 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 → An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent نتنياهو: من أرسل منفذ هجوم طائرة فلاي دبي سيدفع ثمناً باهظاً جداً Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 → France 24
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France 24 🇫🇷FR · public broadcaster · state-funded international Netanyahu warns of 'very heavy price' if any country found to be behind FlyDubai incident 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 → Ynet
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Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent נתניהו: אם מישהו שלח את הטייס - הוא ישלם מחיר כבד מאוד 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 →
unverified A country or organisation sent the co-pilot.
Netanyahu says only that Israel is investigating whether he was sent (Arutz Sheva, France 24). An-Nahar notes he offered no evidence that any state was involved, and Ynet says it is not yet clear whether the co-pilot acted alone.
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A Arutz Sheva
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Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Netanyahu: 'Whoever sent the Flydubai terrorist will pay a steep price' 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 → France 24
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France 24 🇫🇷FR · public broadcaster · state-funded international Netanyahu warns of 'very heavy price' if any country found to be behind FlyDubai incident 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 → An-Nahar
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An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent نتنياهو: من أرسل منفذ هجوم طائرة فلاي دبي سيدفع ثمناً باهظاً جداً Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 → Ynet
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Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent נתניהו: אם מישהו שלח את הטייס - הוא ישלם מחיר כבד מאוד 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 →

Who wrote it

א איתמר אייכנר Ynet
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed intent to crash stated flat while the sender question is hedged×1
Blame shift carried Leads with Netanyahu turning the blame on the former Shin Bet chief. Eisenkot's counter-charge sits beside it.×1
Both sides quoted Netanyahu's charge against the former Shin Bet chief and Eisenkot's reply are both carried in quotation marks.×1
Label attributed 'Settler terror' is kept in quotation marks as Abbas's word.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 disputed4 unverified
From 244 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 →
ע עמיחי אתאלי Ynet
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 11 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 →
H Herb Keinon The Jerusalem Post
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 unverified
From 36 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 →
Y Yaakov Katz The Jerusalem Post
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 9 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 →
A Amichai Stein The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Headline beyond body the headline says a Tel Aviv skyscraper; the quoted body says Ben-Gurion Airport×1
Headline body gap headline says Tel Aviv skyscraper; the quote in the body says Ben-Gurion Airport, and it comes from an unnamed Israeli source×1
Headline voice The headline gives only an Israeli official's words. The goods are called 'West Bank, Golan imports', without the word 'settlements'.×1
Hedged The same request to deny the reports is hedged with 'reportedly', and Iran leads the headline.×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
4 unverified2 true
From 59 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 →
Z Zvika Klein The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Hedge 'suspect' — the one headline that hedges the attacker's role×1
From 34 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 →
ا المدن - عرب وعالم Al-Modon
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Actor named The Israeli army is named as the shooter.×1
Army wording attributed The report attributes the description of the soldiers' deaths as an 'operational incident' to the army.×1
Asserted not attributed pressure on Abu Dhabi presented as revealed, not claimed×1
Asserted, not attributed the US block is stated as fact with no source named×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 misleading7 disputed18 unverified15 true
From 801 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 →
M Miriam Sela-Eitam The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted not attributed the motorist's intent stated flat in the headline, no source×1
Asserted not attributed the headline states flat that Mamdani supports Hamas×1
Assertion vs attribution the headline states flat, in the outlet's voice, that Mamdani supports Hamas×1
Context carried the only report that says the warrant exists and who issued it×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified4 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 →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 11 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Jerusalem Post
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The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent UAE president's senior advisor calls flydubai plane hijacking 'dangerous terrorist attack' 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
The only report with the UAE government's reaction: Gargash calls it a 'dangerous terrorist attack', but only in the headline. It also carries Netanyahu's '9/11' comparison.
The United Arab Emirate's president's diplomatic advisor, Anwar Gargash, said on Friday that the recent attempted hijacking of a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv was a "dangerous terrorist act."Gargash said this while praising the Indian pilot of the flight, Capt. Smit Machchhar, who fought back against his Omani co-pilot and helped allow passengers into the cockpit and rescue the plane."He embodied the meaning of courage and responsibility in the face of a dangerous terrorist act and a potential disaster," Gargash wrote in a post on X/Twitter.يستحق الطيار الهندي في "فلاي دبي" سميت ماتشهار كل التقد
Label in outlet's own voice: 'hijacking' is stated flat in the headline; 'terrorist attack' is put in quotes and attributed — “flydubai plane hijacking”
Stated flat: 'hijacking' appears in the outlet's own voice, and 'terrorist attack' is attributed — “UAE president's senior advisor calls flydubai plane hijacking 'dangerous terrorist attack'”
Whose voice is quoted: Netanyahu's comparison to 9/11 is carried, hedged with 'potential' — “characterized the hijacking as a potential "disaster on the scale of 9/11"”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-910411
France 24
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France 24 🇫🇷FR · public broadcaster · state-funded international Netanyahu warns of 'very heavy price' if any country found to be behind FlyDubai incident 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
France 24 says in its own voice that "the motive behind the incident remains unclear" and calls the event a "violent clash on board".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday warned that any country or organisation found to be responsible for the violent clash on board an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight would "pay a very heavy price". While Netanyahu has alleged the co-pilot who stabbed his captain mid-flight had undergone "Islamist radicalisation", the motive behind the incident remains unclear.
Hedge: Notes the motive is unknown in the outlet's own voice and frames Netanyahu's radicalisation claim as an allegation — “the motive behind the incident remains unclear”
Hedge: motive stated as unknown, in the outlet's own voice — “the motive behind the incident remains unclear”
Read it at France 24 → https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20261002-netanyahu-warns-of-ver…
A Arutz Sheva
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Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · Netanyahu: 'Whoever sent the Flydubai terrorist will pay a steep price' 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 Netanyahu's full statement: "We are investigating whether he was sent". The headline drops the "whether".
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on the interrogation of the Flydubai pilot. "As time goes by, the picture is becoming clearer. The terrorist has undergone Islamic radicalization. He came to crash the plane with its passengers. We are investigating whether he was sent, and whoever sent him will pay a very heavy price."
Asserted vs attributed: Netanyahu's claims of radicalisation and an intent to crash are quoted without any reply, caveat or note that the investigation is ongoing — “The terrorist has undergone Islamic radicalization. He came to crash the plane with its passengers.”
Headline vs body: headline drops the 'whether' — the quote in the body says the sender is still being investigated — “Whoever sent the Flydubai terrorist will pay a steep price”
Read it at Arutz Sheva → https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/694656
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
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LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent نتنياهو: أي جهة يثبت ضلوعها في حادثة طائرة "فلاي دبي" ستدفع "ثمنا باهظا" 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
Read it at LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) → https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/world/960896/title/ar?src=rss&utm_source=T…
Ynet
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Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent נתניהו: אם מישהו שלח את הטייס - הוא ישלם מחיר כבד מאוד 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
Ynet says it is not yet clear whether the Omani co-pilot acted alone, but states in its own voice that he tried to crash the plane.
ראש הממשלה בנימין נתניהו התייחס היום (שישי) לחקירת ניסיון ריסוק טיסת פליי דובאי, ועל אף שהמקרה עדיין בחקירה ובישראל היו מי שנזהרו להכריע כי מדובר באירוע טרור, רמז רה"מ כי ייתכן וטייס המשנה העומאני נשלח על ידי גורם כלשהו. "ככל שהזמן עובר, התמונה מתבהרת. יניב וחבריו הגיבורים מנוע אסון מהסוג של ה-11 בספטמבר", אמר נתניהו. "המפגע עבר הקצנה איסלאמיסטית, הוא בא לרסק את המטוס על נוסף, אנחנו מבררים עכשיו בחקירה אם הוא נשלח, ומי ששלח אותו ישלם מחיר כבד מאוד". מוקדם יותר היום, יועצו של נשיא איחוד האמירויות, אנואר גרגאש, כינה את הניסיון לרסק את טיסת פליי דובאי ביום רביעי האחרון "פעולת טרור". מדובר בפעם הר
Asserted vs attributed: intent to crash stated flat while the sender question is hedged — “טייס המשנה העומאני שניסה לרסק את טיסת פליי דובאי”
Read it at Ynet → https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hjtl5qa5zg
North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent Saudi Arabia reveals details of Flydubai cockpit incident Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at North Press Agency → 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 → — independent
Carries the Saudi Interior Ministry's account: the co-pilot assaulted the captain, and Saudi authorities led the first inquiry with a UAE security team taking part.
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – Saudi Arabia said on Thursday that a Flydubai co-pilot assaulted the captain during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, prompting an emergency landing in the Saudi city of Tabuk. The Saudi Interior Ministry said preliminary investigations, conducted by Saudi authorities with the participation of a UAE security team, found […] The post Saudi Arabia reveals details of Flydubai cockpit incident appeared first on North press agency.
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Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent הרוח הישראלית 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
A Ynet column says Israelis quickly turned the whole event into a joke.
הפער שבין הפוליטיקה והפוליטיקאים, לבין החיים עצמם והאנשים עצמם, הגיע השבוע להתנגשות קטלנית. ב-7 באוקטובר המערכות התגלו במלוא עליבותן, חולשתן ובחוסר היצירתיות המובנה שלהן. לא היה צבא מסודר, לא היו משרדי ממשלה מתפקדים, לא הייתה הנהגה ולא היו גנרלים. האדם מן היישוב לעומת זאת, האזרח, הלוחם, החייל הפשוט שהקפיץ את עצמו לשטח, המפקדת הזוטרה בטנק בחבל שלום, שמנהלת יחד עם לוחמות השריון בצוות שלה קרב גבורה שבמהלכו איש לא נותן לה משימות או פקודות, האמא שמגלה תושייה עילאית בתוך בית מוקף מחבלים - מה שהיה זה כמו תמיד, הישראלי והרוח הישראלית. בימים האחרונים יצא לי לעמוד בקשר עם כמה תושבים מאחד מיישובי העוטף.
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An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent نتنياهو: من أرسل منفذ هجوم طائرة فلاي دبي سيدفع ثمناً باهظاً جداً Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → 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 → — independent
The fullest account in Arabic: 174 passengers, a Boeing 737, the UAE prosecutor's terrorism inquiry, a fall of 17,000ft in one minute per Flightradar24, and a threat made "without providing evidence".
حذّر رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهو اليوم الجمعة من أن أي جهة يثبت ضلوعها في حادثة طائرة فلاي دبي ستدفع ثمناً باهظاً جداً، من دون تقديم أدلة تشير إلى مسؤولية أي دولة.وقال نتنياهو في رسالة مصورة، متحدثاً عن الطيار المساعد الذي هاجم قائد الطائرة في قمرة القيادة، نحن نحقق في ما إذا كان قد أُرسل، ومن أرسله سيدفع ثمناً باهظاً جداً.وكان القضاء في الإمارات أكد الخميس أنه باشر التحقيق في حادثة الطائرة، وأن النائب العام وجّه بـالتحقّق من مدى ارتباطها بأي نشاط أو غرض إرهابي أو وجود تخطيط أو توجيه مسبق لها.وكانت طائرة فلاي دبي، وهي من طراز بوينغ 737، تنقل 174 راكباً في رحلة بين دبي وتل أبيب الأر
Evidence flagged: States that the threat came without evidence that any state was responsible — “من دون تقديم أدلة تشير إلى مسؤولية أي دولة”
Figure choice: Puts the same 17,000ft fall at one minute, citing a flight-tracking site — “هوت لمسافة 17 ألف قدم خلال دقيقة واحدة فقط”
Attribution: notes the threat came without evidence of any state's role — “من دون تقديم أدلة تشير إلى مسؤولية أي دولة”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/international/353561/نتنياهو-من-أرسل-منفذ-هجوم-…
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai saga captures Israel’s role in a new Middle East - and its old limits 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
Puts the attack in the same week as Netanyahu's visit to the UAE, as a test of regional cooperation.
DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: From Netanyahu’s UAE visit to the emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, a dramatic week reveals the possibilities and limits of regional cooperation.
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-910400
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai hijacking: Israel is a nation of heroes - time for the gov't to show courage too - opinion 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
A Jerusalem Post opinion piece notes investigators are "still trying to understand what exactly happened".
We have now heard some testimony from passengers aboard the flight. It is frightening and disturbing, particularly as investigators are still trying to understand what exactly happened.
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-910301
Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international 12 minutes of madness: How Flydubai pilot, passengers saved plane midfall 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
Al Jazeera puts the fall at 17,000ft "in under two minutes" and describes passengers helping to save the plane.
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Figure choice: Puts the fall at 17,000ft in under two minutes — “As it plunged 17,000ft in under two minutes”
Read it at Al Jazeera English → https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/12-minutes-of-madness-how-flyd…
Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Senior UAE adviser labels flydubai incident 'terrorist act' 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
Haaretz quotes Gargash's "dangerous terrorist act" inside quotation marks and keeps the word "incident" for itself.
oNavigationAccount Details Haaretz - back to home page SearchAccessibility Current section The presidential adviser called the incident a 'dangerous terrorist act,' adding that vigilance was essential in 'confronting the risks of extremism and terrorism' Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format UAE presidential adviser Anwar Gargash on Friday called the apparent attempt to crash a flydubai plane headed to Tel Aviv a "terrorist act" in a post on X praising the Indian pilot for helping to prevent a potential disaster.
Read it at Haaretz → https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2026-10-02/ty-article/.premium…
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Ambassador to UAE says flydubai incident didn't weaken Israel-Emirati relations - interview 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
Israel's ambassador to the UAE, Yossi Shelley, says the attack did not weaken relations, while there is "of course" concern.
Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Yossi Shelley said the dramatic attack aboard a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv has not weakened the strategic relationship between Israel and the UAE, arguing instead that the Emirati authorities' response has demonstrated the strength of the ties established under the Abraham Accords.In an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Friday, Shelley said he had received what he described as a “very warm” response from Emirati officials and members of the public following the September 30 incident, in which a co-pilot attacked the captain aboard flydubai flig
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910408
A Arutz Sheva
Right estimate · not a score
Arutz Sheva 🇮🇱IL · digital · UAE President advisor: Hijacking a terrorist act, Indian pilot deserves every bit of appreciation 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 → —
Calls the co-pilot "terrorist" in the outlet's own words and quotes Gargash warning against "conspiracy theories".
Anwar Gargash, the senior diplomatic advisor to the United Arab Emirates president, praised Indian Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed by his terrorist co-pilot, saying he "deserves every bit of appreciation, for he embodied the meaning of courage and responsibility in the face of a dangerous terrorist act and a potential disaster." Gargash said the pilot's "professionalism and moral sense in the darkest of circumstances make him a true hero." He added: "Far from the easy reduction of what happened or the adoption and promotion of conspiracy theories, vigilance and caution remain es
Label in outlet voice: The report calls the suspect a terrorist in its own words, outside any quotation — “stabbed by his terrorist co-pilot”
Label in outlet voice: 'terrorist' applied by the outlet itself, not only in the adviser's quote — “who was stabbed by his terrorist co-pilot”
Read it at Arutz Sheva → https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/694648
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Omani flydubai hijacking suspect held no second nationality, sources say – exclusive 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
The only headline to call him a "suspect". Unnamed sources say the Omani co-pilot held no second nationality.
Sources with knowledge of the investigation also disputed claims that the Israel-UAE aviation agreement limits pilots to nationals of countries with diplomatic ties to Israel.
Hedge: 'suspect' — the one headline that hedges the attacker's role — “Omani flydubai hijacking suspect”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910405
A Al-Modon
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Modon 🇱🇧LB · digital · طيار "فلاي دبي" يروي تفاصيل الهجوم: ماذا جرى؟ 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 → —
حجم الخط مشاركة عبر أفادت وكالة "رويترز" بأن الطيار الهندي، الذي تعرض للطعن على يد مساعده خلال رحلة لشركة فلاي دبي متجهة ​من دبي إلى تل أبيب، استعاد تفاصيل الهجوم المروع ومحاولته ‌المستميتة لفتح باب قمرة القيادة طلباً للمساعدة، وذلك خلال مكالمة عبر الفيديو مع رئيس الوزراء الهندي ناريندرا مودي اليوم الجمعة. وتحدث سميت ماتشهار، الذي ظهر ​في المقطع المصور بأنبوب في أنفه وضمادات تغطي رأسه ​ويديه، إلى مودي من سريره في مستشفى بأبو ظبي، في ⁠مقطع استمر قرابة 10 دقائق ونشر على حسابات رئيس الوزراء ​على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي. وقال: "أدركت ​أن الطائرة تهوي... كنت قد سقطت أرضاً. قلت لنفسي إن الباب أمامي
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The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Indian flydubai pilot who opened cockpit door shares story with Prime Minister Narendra Modi 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
The captain's own account: he opened the cockpit door from the floor while he was still being attacked.
The Indian pilot of the recent flydubai flight which saw an attempted hijacking spoke to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call on Friday morning, sharing his account of the events.According to the wounded pilot, Capt. Smit Machchhar, he had opened the cockpit door while on the floor of the plane and actively being attacked by his Omani copilot."I was lying on the floor injured but I told myself to go for one last push to open the door from inside," he said.Machchhar added that, while he was fighting for his life, "I knew I was not going to let others die."According to several Ind
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/international/article-910404
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Flydubai hijacker, wounded pilot accompanied by Emirati security team to UAE, Saudi Arabia says 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
Saudi Arabia says both men were treated in hospital, cleared to fly and taken to the UAE with an Emirati security team.
Both were cleared to fly by medical professionals after being hospitalized once the aircraft landed in Tubuk.
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-910384
UN News
Spectrum not set estimate · not a score
UN News INT · official record · intergovernmental body World News in Brief: Marshall Islands nuclear legacy, FlyDubai attack condemned, Ukraine update, breast cancer treatment expanded in West Bank Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at UN News → What we have measured Actors named Names both vetoing states and the sponsor, and says what the draft would have created ×1Asserted versus attributed share of women and children among the dead given with no source ×1Asserted vs attributed Israel named as acting, stated in the report's own voice ×1Asymmetric verb The Iranian government's crimes are 'confirmed'. The US finding is only 'reasonable grounds'. The two findings are weighted differently in one sentence. ×1 from 439 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — intergovernmental body
UN News reports that the attack was condemned.
© US Government A nuclear weapon is tested at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 1946. (Image has been colourized) Facebook Twitter Print Email The enduring radioactive legacy of US nuclear bomb testing in the Marshall Islands took centre stage at the Human Rights Council on Thursday. Addressing the impact of 67 known tests conducted between 1946 and 1958, UN deputy rights chief Awa Dabo said that it lives on in the bodies of Marshallese people, in “lands poisoned and communities displaced” today. Justice must be served for the people unable to return to the atolls – or coral islands – co
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The Times of Israel
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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 → 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 → 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 → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. 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 → 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 → 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 → 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 →
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 → 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-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 → 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 →
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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