Investigators probe why co-pilot stabbed captain of flyDubai flight to Israel

By South China Morning Post | Created at 2026-10-01 13:42:44 | Updated at 2026-10-01 18:45:38 6 hours ago
Investigators worked on Thursday to determine why an Omani pilot stabbed the captain of a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously before others on board landed it in Saudi Arabia. Passengers on the FlyDubai plane – which was carrying 174 people, mostly Israelis, from the United Arab Emirates to Tel Aviv – have described how the bloodied Indian captain managed to open the cockpit door to let them in before they grappled with the co-pilot and stabilised a descent so sharp that...
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