Flydubai Co-Pilot Stabs Captain, Attempts to Crash Israel-Bound Flight

Flydubai Co-Pilot Stabs Captain, Attempts to Crash Israel-Bound Flight

An Omani co-pilot on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the Indian captain and apparently tried to crash the plane, but passengers subdued the attacker after the wounded captain opened the cockpit door. The plane plunged roughly 17,000 feet before making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia; Israeli PM Netanyahu called it a foiled terror attack and said the co-pilot had undergone Islamist radical indoctrination.

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