Conflict & Security
Israel bars Ethiopian cargo plane, restricts aircrew nationalities on Israel flights
October 12, 2026 at 11:29 PM
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3 reports · over 15 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
ارتباك في إسرائيل بعد "فلاي دبي".. بلاغ قنبلة كاذب ومنع هبوط طائرة إثيوبية
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
القناة 13: إسرائيل منعت دخول طائرة إثيوبية مجالها بسبب موظف إندونيسي
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MAMasrawy
بينهم 16 دولة عربية.. إسرائيل تمنع حاملي 31 جنسية من العمل على رحلاتها | مصراوي
(opens the publisher’s site)Israel has turned back an Ethiopian cargo flight over an Indonesian crew member and barred 31 nationalities from Israel-bound aircrews.
- Israeli Channel 13 reported the Ethiopian Airlines cargo plane was barred from Israeli airspace because one crew member held Indonesian nationality.
- The plane departed for Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday morning and returned to Addis Ababa after Israeli authorities refused it entry.
- Israel barred holders of 31 nationalities, including citizens of 16 Arab countries, from working as aircrew on flights to the country.
- UAE Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi said the Flydubai flight FZ1073 co-pilot attacked the captain with an emergency axe in an attempted "terrorist operation."