Pilot Tried To Take Control Of flydubai Plane, Terror Attack Not Ruled Out
Authorities are investigating a violent cockpit altercation between pilots on a flydubai flight that led to an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. While initially reported as a dispute, officials have not ruled out a terrorism motive.
Why it matters
The incident raises serious questions about cockpit security and the potential for internal threats within commercial aviation.
Israeli authorities have shifted their assessment and are not ruling out a terrorism angle in the mid-air incident aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073 that was travelling from Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates to Ben Gurion in Israel. Earlier, authorities said that the flight was diverted after a 'violent clash' between the two pilots.The co-pilot allegedly stabbed the pilot and attempted to take control of the plane which was carrying approximately 180 passengers. A second team of pilots in civilian clothes, later made an emergency landing at Tabuk airport in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. Read : In flydubai Scare, Omani Co-Pilot Stabbed Emirati Captain, Tried To Take ControlBoth the pilot and copilot of the flight were injured and have been hospitalised, the company operating the Tabuk airport said in a statement. All passengers and crew were reported safe.According to a report by The Times of Israel, the aircraft first issued an international…
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