A plumber and a dentist are praised as heroes in FlyDubai near-disaster
Passengers and crew overpowered the co-pilot after the captain was stabbed, and the aircraft landed safely with all 174 people aboard.
- On Wednesday, a Flydubai flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after the co-pilot allegedly attacked Captain Smit Machchhar, forcing the aircraft into a 17,000ft dive and endangering 174 people on board.
- Israeli officials described the incident as a possible 'terror attack,' alleging the co-pilot attempted to disable the aircraft; passengers rushed the cockpit after the wounded captain managed to open the door.
- Dentist Shota Musayev treated the captain's bleeding wounds while plumber Yaniv Hayoun and other passengers restrained the attacker for 55 minutes, with Hayoun briefly taking the controls to stabilize the plane.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the passengers upon their return to Tel Aviv, while President Isaac Herzog recommended Hayoun, Musayev, and others for the Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism.
- Investigators are working to determine the attacker's motivation as major questions remain unanswered, while the Indian captain is recovering in Saudi Arabia with authorities reporting he is in good health.
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Saudi Arabia launches air safety probe into flydubai incident, sources say
Oct 7 - Saudi Arabia has launched an air accident probe following last week's cockpit stabbing on a flydubai jet, as experts examine any fallout for aviation safety alongside a separate UAE-led criminal investigation, three people close to the matter said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The hijacker tried to kill them. The memes accidentally humanized them
Something changed this past fall weekend. The temperature dropped. The air turned crisp. And, for a fleeting moment, something shifted in the way people talked about Israel. Flydubai Flight 1073 was traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv when its co-pilot attacked Captain Smit Machchhar with an onboard crash axe and attempted to seize control of […]
The Flydubai Flight Lands as a Political Spectacle in Multiple Countries
When the podcast host Avi Kaner recommended that the Israeli passengers in Tabuk try Saudi coffee, a Saudi user’s reply went viral, drawing more than 20 million views. It was a photo of a cup of coffee filled to the brim, which in Saudi culture tells a guest he is unwelcome. Meanwhile, a video of a Saudi health worker in a black niqab taking the blood pressure of a female passenger in a tank top took off on Israeli media, a stand-in for the unli…
Terror cells inside foreign airlines 'certainly a possibility,' retired pilot warns - NEW YORK TIMES POST
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The man who once carried the nuclear football for former President Bill Clinton is sounding an alarm on potential terror cells inside foreign airlines after a FlyDubai copilot allegedly attacked the captain of an Israel-bound flight and sent the plane into a death-defying, aeronautics-defying dive. “It’s possible [...]
Flydubai hijacking attempt exposes worrying gaps in aviation security
By Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — The quick-thinking actions of the captain of last week’s Flydubai flight bound for Israel prevented what could have been an unmitigated hijacking disaster. But aviation safety experts say the incident raises serious concerns about the security failures before the flight and how it happened in the first place. The
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