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Flydubai: What happens when a plane plunges 17,000 feet?
A flight instructor recreates the Flydubai jet’s near-vertical 17,000 foot dive in a simulator.
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Flydubai stabbing: How safe are planes if a pilot turns violent?
Flydubai FZ1073 raises questions about cockpit security, pilot vetting and threats from inside the flight deck.
How was the Flydubai co-pilot who attacked his captain cleared to fly?
The Flydubai scare has raised several questions for Israel and the civil aviation industry.
UAE investigates possible ‘terrorist’ link in attack on flight to Israel
Investigators will probe whether incident was linked to any ‘terrorist activity or intent’, UAE state media reports.
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Passengers tell of ‘nightmare’ onboard diverted Flydubai flight
Israeli passengers tell of the horror onboard the Flydubai flight that was diverted after a pilot was stabbed.
Published On 1 Oct 2026
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Trump amazed that an ‘Israeli plumber’ helped land Flydubai flight
An amazed US President Donald Trump relayed the story of how an ‘Israeli plumber’ helped land a Flydubai flight.
Published On 30 Sep 2026
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Flydubai passengers arrive in Tel Aviv after pilot stabbing
A replacement Flydubai aircraft has landed in Israel, carrying passengers from the flight on which a pilot was stabbed.
Published On 30 Sep 2026
Netanyahu calls stabbed Indian pilot a hero; Flydubai halts Israel flights
Israeli prime minister thanks Captain Smit Machchhar for saving the lives of 174 people on board Tel Aviv-bound flight.
![Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayoun, with blood stains on his shirt, who was aboard a Flydubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, is welcomed at the arrivals gate at Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, September 30, 2026 [Tomer Appelbaum/AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/AP26273667107772-1790807217.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Flydubai FZ1073 timeline: How the Israel-bound flight emergency unfolded
Flydubai flight diverts to Saudi Arabia after cockpit emergency, as Netanyahu alleges a crash attempt.
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Netanyahu meets Flydubai passenger who subdued pilot in stabbing attack
Benjamin Netanyahu has met Yaniv Hayun, the Flydubai passenger that helped restrain a pilot who stabbed a colleague.
Published On 30 Sep 2026
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What happened on the diverted Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv?
Israel’s prime minister said one of the pilots stabbed the other and then tried to crash the plane.
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