Investigators probe why co-pilot stabbed captain of flyDubai flight to Israel

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Investigators are examining why an Omani co-pilot stabbed the captain aboard a Flydubai flight carrying 174 people from the UAE to Tel Aviv. Passengers helped subdue the co-pilot and stabilize the aircraft, which made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a dangerous descent.

Investigators worked Thursday to determine why an Omani pilot stabbed the captain of a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously before others on board landed it in Saudi Arabia. Passengers on the FlyDubai plane – which was carrying 174 people, mostly Israelis, from the United Arab Emirates to Tel Aviv – have described how the bloodied Indian captain managed to open the cockpit door to let them in before they grappled with the co-pilot and stabilised a descent so sharp that the...