Passengers Avert Crash Tackling Pilot Who Stabbed Colleague

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A FlyDubai pilot stabbed a colleague and attempted to crash a jet en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, but passengers and crew intervened and stabilized the aircraft. The plane plunged more than 14,000 feet before the cockpit was secured, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the incident a serious security event.

A pilot of a jet carrying more than 170 passengers to Tel Aviv stabbed his colleague and tried to crash the plane in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu branded a serious security incident. Catastrophe was narrowly avoided after a passenger and members of crew stormed the cockpit of the FlyDubai plane that had taken off in Dubai and managed to stabilize the jet, after it plunged more than 14,000 feet (4,300 meters) in less than 30 seconds at almost the speed of sound. (Source: Bloomberg)

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