Pilot on FlyDubai Flight Carrying Israelis Stabbed Another Pilot and Apparently Tried to Crash Aircraft, Netanyahu Says
Passengers and crew subdued the attacker after the aircraft plunged nearly 15,000 feet, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Flydubai Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after an alleged cockpit clash caused the aircraft to plunge nearly 15,000 feet.
- Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said one pilot allegedly stabbed the other during the flight, apparently attempting to crash the plane carrying 150 Israeli passengers on board.
- The aircraft dropped from 34,000 feet to nearly 15,000 feet while making 180 turns, prompting the crew to send a distress signal that sparked fears of a hijacking.
- Saudi authorities arrested the stabbing pilot, who is currently being interrogated, while both pilots required hospitalization following the cockpit brawl that ended when cabin crew intervened.
- Netanyahu praised the passengers as "exceptional" heroes, while Israel's domestic intelligence agency questions those on board to determine exactly what transpired during the incident.
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The commander of a Dubai-Tel-Aviv flight was reportedly rescued by a heroic intervention after a dizzying fall of 4,300 metres: a narrative of this disaster, averted by a narrowness, presented in Israel as a terrorist attack... Read Flydubai: facts and assumptions appeared first on Causer.
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The Israeli Prime Minister described what happened as a "very serious security incident."
Plane heading for Israel plunges 15,000 feet as pilot 'attempts to crash'
A passenger flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was forced to land in Saudi Arabia after an alleged clash between pilots in the cockpit led the plane to plunge nearly 15,000 feet. Flydubai Flight 1073, which is said to have been carrying 150 Israeli passengers, sent an abrupt distress signal and made a landing in […]
(Cairo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [on the 30th (local time)] Flydubai [flight] from Dubai, UAE to Tel Aviv...
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