FlyDubai flight incident: Did aviation miss the insider-threat warning?

The FlyDubai incident has raised a difficult question for the aviation industry: what happens when the threat is already inside the cockpit?Aviation safety expert Captain Amit Singh believes the incident should be a wake-up call for everyone - especially the global aviation industry. In an interview with me on Times Axis channel, he pointed to gaps in information sharing, pilot background checks and the growing danger of insider threats.The incident took place on a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The co-pilot, an Omani national, attacked the captain while the aircraft was in flight.Reports have suggested that the co-pilot may have intended to take control of the aircraft and crash it in Israel.Singh said the sequence of events was consistent with such a possibility. His assessment was that the attack on the captain could have been an attempt to take control of the aircraft.