Overnight focus shifted from the attack itself to how the Omani co-pilot was cleared to fly. The Transport Ministry acknowledged relying solely on foreign carriers' declarations, with no checks for a year and a half despite a prior National Security Council warning, prompting blame exchanges with the Shin Bet and calls for Minister Regev's ouster.
By midday coverage turned to flight-data reconstruction reporting he pushed the controls forward and shut both engines to kill the captain with an axe. Leaked interrogation accounts then said he had sought an airline serving Tel Aviv, postponed a July plan and aimed for Ben-Gurion airport or a Tel Aviv tower. Netanyahu ordered a security review as rescue flights from Dubai were cancelled amid Emirati anger.
Marking three years since October 7, the IDF published casualty figures and commended the 8200 warrant officer who had warned of Hamas's plan.