Flydubai Dubai-Tel Aviv flight: a pilot stabs his captain and the plane makes an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia
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the same fact, two accounts
this subject is more divergent than 9% of the subjects analysed
IsraelIsrael cuts to the chase: for its security services and press, the aggression in the cockpit of the flydubai flight is an attempted attack on 166 Israelis, foiled by passengers.
What each one tells
opposition
AustraliaCanberra is primarily focusing on the account of the passengers and the Indian commander: the Australian press is portraying the people on board as heroes of a narrowly avoided flight.
- Israel
Security
the narrative puts forward the hypothesis of a terrorist act, before the formal investigation.
What the account puts first
AustraliaHeroic
the account of passenger Hayoun is front and center, with the threat of a mass killing.
Omission of Emirati and Saudi authorities
their version of events is absent from the account.
- Israel
Reliance on testimony
the detailed sequence is based on an anonymous passenger, whose account is not corroborated.
What it leans on
AustraliaReliance on Israeli sources
the thesis of the attack is based on unnamed Israeli officials.