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Pilot stabs another on a Dubai–Tel Aviv flight and passengers subdue him
MercoPress
Published 1 Oct 2026, 4:10 am·6 d ago·1 min read
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A pilot on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed another pilot in the cockpit on Wednesday and, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "apparently tried to crash the plane". Passengers and crew members subdued him, and the aircraft made an emergency landing in Tabuk, in north-west Saudi Arabia, with all 174 passengers safe, 166 of them Israelis.
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