Mid-air collision averted over Dubai airport

June 28, 2013

Dubai, Jun 28: Passengers and crew on board an Emirates flight to Istanbul had a close shave after the aircraft almost collided with a two-seater UAE Air Force Hawk trainer jet at Dubai International Aiport recently.

The trainer aircraft was flying low and fast, while the civil airliner was just into flight. No injuries were reported.

Investigations into the ‘serious incident’ continues, but a preliminary report by the UAE Civil Aviation Authority into the near miss on the morning of February 12 has been released, and shows the two aircraft were within seconds of a collision and were vertically separated at 100 metres at 7.37am. There were 431 passengers and crew on board the Boeing 777.

The report said the “BAE Hawk was transmitting on a different frequency than required to communicate with the Dubai air traffic controllers responsible for the sector the aircraft requested to transit through”.

The Hawk was observed on radar on several occasions causing an airspace infringement while transiting through the airspace control areas, the report said.

It said the Boeing 777 had been cleared to take off on the active runway and was airborne and accelerating to a safe climb speed when the “civil aircraft climb profile and the BAE Hawk interception angle coincided”.’

But a sharp turn to the left by the Hawk prevented a collision, according to the initial findings. The Emirates flight continued to its destination after the incident.

The crew of the civilian aircraft reported a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) Traffic Advisory (TA) had come up on their display, and could not locate other air traffic visually. The UAE Air Force jet had taken off from the adjacent military Al Minhad Air Base at approximately 7am.

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UN condemns Israeli regime’s ‘organized torture’ against Palestinians

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November 30,2025

The United Nations Committee against Torture (CAT) has condemned the Israeli regime for enforcing a policy of “organized torture” against Palestinians.

In a report published on Friday, CAT stated that the occupying regime enforces a deliberate policy of “organized and widespread torture and ill-treatment” against Palestinian abductees, particularly since October 7, 2023, when Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza.

The committee expressed “deep concern over repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, water-boarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence” inflicted on Palestinians.

Palestinian prisoners were degraded by “being made to act like animals or being urinated on,” systematically denied medical care, and subjected to excessive restraints, “in some cases resulting in amputation,” the report added.

CAT also condemned the routine application of “unlawful combatants law” to justify the prolonged detention without trial of thousands of Palestinian men, women, and children.

More than 10,000 Palestinians, including women and children, are currently held in Israeli prisons, according to Palestinian and international human rights groups, with 3,474 Palestinians in “administrative detention,” meaning they are imprisoned without trial for indefinite periods.

The report highlighted the “high proportion of children who are currently detained without charge or on remand,” noting that while Israel sets the age of criminal responsibility at 12, even younger children have been abducted.

Children designated as security prisoners face severe restrictions on family contact, may be subjected to solitary confinement, and are denied access to education, in clear violation of international law.

The committee further suggested that Israel’s policies across the Occupied Territories constitute collective torture against the Palestinian population.

“A range of policies adopted by Israel in the course of its continued unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory amounts to cruel, inhuman or degrading living conditions for the Palestinian population,” the report said.

On Thursday, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas condemned the systematic killing and torture of Palestinian abductees in Israeli prisons, urging international action to halt these abuses.

Citing human rights data, Hamas stated that 94 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli prisons since the start of Tel Aviv’s genocidal war on Gaza.

“This reflects an organized criminal approach that has turned these prisons into direct killing grounds to eliminate our people,” the resistance movement said.

Hamas called on the international community, the UN, and human rights organizations to immediately pressure Israel to end crimes against prisoners and uphold their rights as guaranteed by all international conventions and norms.

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