"Is It 9/11 Again?" flydubai Scare Revived Hijacking Fears Among Passengers

It was pure chaos on board flydubai's flight FZ 1073. One of the pilots had been stabbed by another. The passengers pinned down the attacker. And there were blood stains all over.Cruising thousands of feet in the air, the incident revived hijacking fears among the passengers. They had just one question: is 9/11 happening again?One of them, identified as Daniel, said the plane made a steep dive with nose down during the confrontation. "It felt like, that's it. It's over. September 11 is happening again," he told Channel 12.Read : flydubai Hero Pilot Is Indian, Fought Off Colleague Who Stabbed Him: SourcesNick Schifrin, defence correspondent with Newshour, also made a 9/11 reference. Citing senior Israeli officials, he said the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight incident was designed to be a "9/11-style attack".The 9/11 attacks were the worst terror attacks in the West.