Air France and United Airlines are restricting crew assignments on flights to Israel amid stricter enforcement of nationality rules. An Ethiopian Airlines flight was also ordered to return to Addis Ababa after Israeli authorities identified an Indonesian pilot on board, reports said

Two Maldivian flydubai pilots have reportedly been arrested in the UAE as authorities investigate an alleged mid-air hijack attempt involving co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami. Indian Captain Smit Machchhar was injured while confronting the attacker, and India’s NIA has registered a case