Security lapses on foreign flights: senior Transportation Ministry officials to be summoned

Israel Police will summon senior Transportation Ministry officials this week to give testimony in an investigation into aviation security failures following incidents on a Flydubai flight. The focus is on suspicions of conflicts of interest among professional officials, including Avri Cohen, who worked as a security officer without a permit, and Dvir Rubinstein, who advised foreign companies while overseeing them.

Israel Police is expected to summon senior Transportation Ministry officials this week to give testimony as part of an investigation opened following incidents on a Flydubai flight. The investigation examines suspicions of conflicts of interest among professional officials in the field of aviation security. Avri Cohen, who worked as a security officer at the Israel Airports Authority without a permit, is expected to be summoned for questioning. Dvir Rubinstein, director of the Aviation Security Operations Center, is suspected of providing private consulting to foreign airlines while overseeing them. Additionally, investigators are examining security failures that occurred over years on foreign flights, which could have led to a serious disaster in Israeli aviation.