FlyDubai Pilot Tried to Crash Jet Carrying Israelis: Netanyahu
Description: A pilot of a jet carrying more than 170 passengers to Tel Aviv stabbed his colleague and tried to crash the plane in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu branded a serious security incident. #israel #dubai #travel #netanyahu #new #worldnews
Catastrophe was narrowly avoided after a passenger and members of crew stormed the cockpit of the FlyDubai plane that had taken off in Dubai and managed to stabilize the jet, after it plunged more than 14,000 feet (4,300 meters) in less than 30 seconds at almost the speed of sound.
“They prevented a huge disaster,” Netanyahu said at a briefing on Wednesday. The jet later made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, where the attacker, whose identity has not been disclosed, is being questioned by local authorities.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-30/dubai-tel-aviv-flight-lands-in-saudi-arabia-after-on-board-issue
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Catastrophe was narrowly avoided after a passenger and members of crew stormed the cockpit of the FlyDubai plane that had taken off in Dubai and managed to stabilize the jet, after it plunged more than 14,000 feet (4,300 meters) in less than 30 seconds at almost the speed of sound.
“They prevented a huge disaster,” Netanyahu said at a briefing on Wednesday. The jet later made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, where the attacker, whose identity has not been disclosed, is being questioned by local authorities.
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-30/dubai-tel-aviv-flight-lands-in-saudi-arabia-after-on-board-issue
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