Co-pilot stabs pilot, tries to crash FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv
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Summary
A co-pilot allegedly stabbed the pilot and attempted to crash Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. The plane, carrying about 180 people, dropped over 17,000 feet before passengers and crew stormed the cockpit and subdued the attacker. It landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia; the pilot, identified as Smit Machchhar, was hospitalized, and the co-pilot was arrested. Passengers later arrived in Tel Aviv.
Left-leaning
- A pilot stabs another pilot and tries to crash their flight to Tel Aviv, Israel saysNPR · Sep 30, 9:35 AM
- FlyDubai Flight to Israel Diverted After Clash Between Pilots: What We Know and Don’t KnowNew York Times · Sep 30, 1:41 PM
Center
- What to know about Flydubai cockpit clash as pilot is arrestedThe Hill · Sep 30, 11:04 AM
Right-leaning
- Meet The Bloodied Pilot Stabbed In Terror Attack Who Kept Fighting To Save PassengersThe Daily Wire · Sep 30, 8:32 AM
- Benjamin Netanyahu: Co-pilot on FlyDubai flight stabbed the pilot and tried to crash the planeWashington Times · Sep 30, 11:26 AM
- ‘I Ran Toward the Cockpit’: An Exclusive Interview with the Israeli Dad Who Stopped a HijackingThe Free Press · Sep 30, 1:59 PM
- Former Israeli PM hails ‘heroism’ after passengers help thwart alleged cockpit attackFox News · Sep 30, 3:07 PM