Flydubai captain survives axe attack by co‑pilot on September 30 flight
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On 30 September, Flydubai Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv was attacked in the cockpit when the 29‑year‑old Omani co‑pilot struck Captain Smit Machchhar with an emergency crash axe, causing the Boeing 737 to plunge about 17,000 feet in less than a minute before the aircraft was diverted to Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia; all 172 passengers and crew survived.
Captain Machchhar suffered serious head and hand injuries and repeatedly lost consciousness while trying to open the locked cockpit door, eventually allowing another pilot, cabin crew and passengers to intervene and restrain the attacker; the co‑pilot has been detained in the UAE and faces terrorism charges for allegedly planning to crash the plane into Ben Gurion Airport.
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