By Upward News | Created at 2026-10-01 12:42:21 | Updated at 2026-10-01 14:11:54
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WHAT’S HAPPENING
On Wednesday morning, a flight carrying 174 passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv nearly succumbed to a terrorist hijacking.
An Omani co-pilot stabbed the captain multiple times and seized the controls, sending the plane into a near-vertical dive. Israeli passengers and crew members stormed the cockpit, subdued the attacker, and two off-duty pilots onboard landed the aircraft safely.
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