FlyDubai Pilots Return to UAE After Mid-Air Attack Aboard Flight to Tel Aviv
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
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- FlyDubai pilots returned to UAE after mid-air attack.
- Co-pilot suspected of attempting to hijack plane.
- Passengers subdued attacker after captain was wounded.
- Plane made emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
- Israeli investigators to question co-pilot.
Both pilots of a FlyDubai flight that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after an onboard attack have returned to the UAE. The captain, Smith Muchchar, who sustained serious stab wounds, is to receive further treatment in an Emirati hospital. The co-pilot, identified as an Omani national, is under arrest in Abu Dhabi. He is suspected of attempting to hijack and destroy the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which was carrying 174 passengers, most of them Israeli citizens.
An Israeli investigation team is expected to travel to the UAE to participate in questioning the co-pilot. The UAE specialists will lead the further investigation into the incident, which occurred on September 30. The flight, FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, experienced a rapid descent and distress signals after the co-pilot attacked the captain in the cockpit.
Passengers intervened after the captain managed to unblock the cockpit door. They found the captain bleeding on the floor and the co-pilot attempting to damage the aircraft's controls. Passengers, including Yaniv Hayun, Tzvika Manes, and Assaf Radjuan, subdued and restrained the co-pilot using headphone cords after a struggle lasting approximately 20-25 minutes. Hayun briefly took control of the aircraft to prevent a dive, drawing on knowledge from a TV show about air disasters.
Dr. Shota Musaev, a dentist, initially helped subdue the attacker before attending to the critically injured captain, reassuring him that he would survive. The co-pilot, according to Israeli accounts, requested to be killed while restrained.
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