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FlyDubai Passenger Who Helped Subdue Pilot Describes Stabbing Attack in Cockpit

A passenger on a flight to Tel Aviv on Wednesday said he watched in horror as the plane’s pilots tumbled out of the cockpit, locked in a bloody brawl.

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Passengers of the FlyDubai flight walking out of the terminal at Ben Gurion Airport in Tzafria, Israel, on Wednesday.
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Panic and Heroics on FlyDubai Flight: ‘We Felt That This Was It’

A routine flight turned terrifying when a violent altercation broke out inside the cockpit and the aircraft dropped 17,000 feet in two minutes. Passengers subdued a knife-wielding attacker.

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Passengers from FlyDubai Flight 1073 at the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday.
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FlyDubai Provides Key Link for Israeli Air Travelers

The low-cost carrier operates up to 10 daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv.

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The first FlyDubai commercial flight from Dubai arrives at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on Nov. 26, 2020.
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