Flydubai Co-Pilot Stabs Captain, Attempts to Crash Dubai-Tel Aviv Flight
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An Omani co-pilot on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the Indian captain and tried to seize control of the aircraft, prompting passengers to break into the cockpit and subdue him. The plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, with Israeli PM Netanyahu calling it a thwarted terror attack and President Trump labeling the co-pilot a 'terrorist or whack-job.'
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