A senior American official confirmed to Channel 14 News on Wednesday that the United States stands ready to provide operational, forensic, and intelligence assistance to Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia in their joint investigation into the attempted terror attack aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073, should a formal request be submitted.
The statement highlights Washington’s active diplomatic and security engagement following the dramatic mid-air crisis, in which an Omani first officer attempted to stab the captain and crash a passenger airliner carrying 160 passengers—predominantly Israeli citizens—en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
With the aircraft currently grounded in Tabuk, the passengers repatriated to Israel, and intelligence personnel from the Mossad and the Shin Bet mobilizing alongside regional counterparts, US agencies—including the Department of Homeland Security and federal intelligence bureaus—are positioned to contribute data sharing, passenger screening cross-references, and counter-terror forensic tracking to determine whether the perpetrator acted as a lone-wolf operative or under the auspices of a broader state or organizational terror sponsor.