Flydubai Co-Pilot Stabs Captain, Attempts to Crash Tel Aviv Flight

Flydubai Co-Pilot Stabs Captain, Attempts to Crash Tel Aviv Flight

An Omani co-pilot aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the Indian captain with a crash axe and tried to seize control of the aircraft, intending to crash it into a target in Israel. The wounded captain fought back, passengers and crew subdued the attacker, and the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Israeli PM Netanyahu said the co-pilot had undergone 'Islamist radical indoctrination' and was previously barred from flying by Oman over extremism concerns.

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