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 Indian Captain Smit Machchhar and apparently tried to crash the plane, but passengers subdued the attacker after the wounded captain opened the cockpit door. The aircraft made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, with Israeli PM Netanyahu saying the co-pilot had undergone "Islamist radical indoctrination" as an international investigation continues.

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