Information about the pilots of the Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, mistakenly identified as a Russian and a Ukrainian due to a joke in an Israeli journalists' chat, was aired and picked up by other media.

Information about the pilots of the Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, mistakenly identified as a Russian and a Ukrainian due to a joke in an Israeli journalists' chat, was aired and picked up by other media.

@bazabazon 02 Oct 2026, 15:33

The information about the nationality of the Flydubai pilots originated from a joke in a chat, where one participant suggested that one pilot might be Ukrainian and the other Russian.

@meduzalive 02 Oct 2026, 15:13