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Passengers foil suspected attempt to crash Dubai-Tel Aviv flight

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Israeli authorities say passengers and crew stopped an attempt to down a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv after a co-pilot stabbed the pilot in the cockpit. Captain Smit Machchhar, described as a jovial father, thwarted the attacker and the plane landed safely, with Israeli passengers later returning home. The suspected attacker has been transferred to the UAE, and an international investigation is under way, with the motive still unknown.

Why now: A co-pilot attacking the pilot mid-flight raises serious questions about aviation security screening and the fragile regional situation.

FlydubaiTel AvivDubaiSmit MachchharIsrael

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Evidence

• Passengers foil bid to crash Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, Israel says, after co-pilot stabs pilot · Reuters
• Israeli passengers returned home after terrifying flight and other top photos from the Middle East · AP News
• Flydubai incident latest: Pilot suspected of attack transferred to UAE as investigation unfolds · CNN
• What happened inside the Flydubai flight to Israel? What we know so far · CNN
• Motive behind flydubai cockpit stabbing unknown as international investigation opens · The Guardian
• Aviation flaws and fragile peace: Broader implications from the flydubai attack · The Straits Times
• Captain Smit Machchhar: The ‘jovial’ pilot and father who thwarted the Flydubai attacker · CNN
• Passengers foil bid to crash Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, Israel says, after co-pilot stabs pilot · CNA
• 18,000 feet in 90 seconds: inside Flydubai’s near-catastrophe · Financial Times
• Who is the 'hero' Indian pilot who was stabbed on Israel-bound flight? · BBC
• From textile engineering to cockpit hero: Indian pilot wins praise after flydubai drama · The Straits Times

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