New video of the FlyDubai on-board stabbing shows Capt. Smit Machchhar, the pilot hailed as a hero, unlocking the cockpit door and asking for help. This allowed a small group of passengers to push in, pull up on the controls and then subdue the attacker with cords from a headset. Imtiaz Tyab reports. New video […]
A FlyDubai flight headed for Israel made an emergency landing on Wednesday after one of the pilots allegedly stabbed the other. Tony Dokoupil spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday to discuss the incident. Netanyahu on alleged FlyDubai pilot stabbing: "I don't think it was a hijacking" #Netanyahu #alleged #FlyDubai #pilot #stabbing #quotI […]
A pilot stabbed another and apparently tried to bring down a commercial airliner en route to Tel Aviv on Wednesday. Video taken on board shows the harrowing moments after passengers and crew broke into the cockpit, battled an alleged attacker and regained control of the flight. Passenger videos show aftermath of alleged pilot stabbing on […]
Passenger accounts paint a chaotic and terrifying picture of the alleged attempted hijacking of Flydubai flight 1073 on Wednesday. The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said one pilot stabbed his counterpart and tried to crash the Boeing 737 […]
An American military aircraft crashed at a U.S. air base in western Germany on Tuesday, injuring the pilot, the American military said. In a statement, the U.S. Air Base Spangdahlem said that the pilot ejected and was receiving medical care. It also said the plane, which was an F-16 Fighting Falcon, crashed around 2:30 p.m. […]