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JOHNSON SAYS THE FLY DUBAI TERROR TALE SMELLS
Former CIA officer Larry Johnson set about analysing a news report that had already made headlines around the world. A Fly Dubai aircraft en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia following an alleged attack on the cockpit. One pilot was said to have stabbed the other. An Israeli was credited with saving the day. Johnson says the version being sold does not survive the locked door.
THE STORY THEY SOLD
A Fly Dubai flight bound for Tel Aviv landed in Saudi Arabia after what was described as an attack inside the airplane.
Passengers were told someone tried to kill the pilot and the co-pilot.
The version Johnson heard puts an Omani co-pilot stabbing the Indian captain, then an Israeli pilot rushing forward to save the flight.
Benjamin Netanyahu posted that the wounded captain opened the door and led people out.
Johnson’s first reaction was simple. “Story doesn’t add up.”
THE LOCKED DOOR
Johnson has been on a lot of airplanes in the 23 years since 9/11. The cockpit door is locked. That is the point of the rule.
“You don’t know what’s going on behind that locked door.”
The sold version needs people in the back to magically know a stabbing is underway and burst in to stop it.
That only works if Fly Dubai is the only airline on earth that leaves the pilot door open.
Two pilots sit side by side. One stabbing the other still has pedals and throttles under his hands. A man choked from behind can still move the airplane.
Johnson says the crew has no camera feeding the cabin. So how did anyone know there was a problem, and who unlocked the door?
THE HERO DETAIL THAT BREAKS
Netanyahu’s version says the main pilot, stabbed and badly wounded, opened the door and led people out.
Johnson has seen a cockpit. Climbing out of those seats is not a step and a stroll.
A stabbed man gets up, unlocks the door, and calls for help, while the man stabbing him simply lets him go.
“Something smells.”
THE MISSING MEN
Israel said it would send a C-130 to evacuate the passengers. Saudi Arabia said no. The same airline would move them.
The jet later landed in Israel. Footage of the arrival exists. Footage of the crime does not.
Johnson asks where the stabbed pilot is. A Saudi hospital? Nobody has shown him.
He asks where the man who did the stabbing is. No picture. No information. Nothing came out.
He would not be surprised if this is a campaign stunt by Netanyahu. A staged event. An election stunt, maybe.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Larry Johnson is not buying the terror tale. A locked door, a wounded pilot who unlocks it, an attacker who lets him, and two missing men with no photos are not a clean story. They are a story with the lights left off. Something in this one smells, and the smell is coming from the official version.
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JOHNSON SAYS THE FLY DUBAI TERROR TALE SMELLS
Former CIA officer Larry Johnson set about analysing a news report that had already made headlines around the world. A Fly Dubai aircraft en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia following an alleged attack on the cockpit. One pilot was said to have stabbed the other. An Israeli was credited with saving the day. Johnson says the version being sold does not survive the locked door.
THE STORY THEY SOLD
Passengers were told someone tried to kill the pilot and the co-pilot.
Benjamin Netanyahu posted that the wounded captain opened the door and led people out.
THE LOCKED DOOR
“You don’t know what’s going on behind that locked door.”
That only works if Fly Dubai is the only airline on earth that leaves the pilot door open.
Johnson says the crew has no camera feeding the cabin. So how did anyone know there was a problem, and who unlocked the door?
THE HERO DETAIL THAT BREAKS
Johnson has seen a cockpit. Climbing out of those seats is not a step and a stroll.
“Something smells.”
THE MISSING MEN
The jet later landed in Israel. Footage of the arrival exists. Footage of the crime does not.
He asks where the man who did the stabbing is. No picture. No information. Nothing came out.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Larry Johnson is not buying the terror tale. A locked door, a wounded pilot who unlocks it, an attacker who lets him, and two missing men with no photos are not a clean story. They are a story with the lights left off. Something in this one smells, and the smell is coming from the official version.
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