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

Associated Press · South China Morning Post
Published 1 Oct 2026, 10:45 pm·6 d ago·1 min read
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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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