Flydubai Captain Recounts Harrowing Axe Attack by Co-Pilot
Summarized from The Times of Israel by baba
Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar detailed a "traumatic" axe attack by his co-pilot, Hamam al-Hammami, on a Tel Aviv-bound flight. Machchhar was injured, and the co-pilot allegedly planned a suicide attack on Ben Gurion Airport. Other pilots, crew, and passengers subdued the attacker, and the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
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- Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar was attacked with an axe by co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami on a Tel Aviv-bound flight.
- The co-pilot allegedly planned a suicide attack on Ben Gurion Airport, inspired by 9/11.
- Other pilots, crew, and passengers subdued the attacker after the captain was injured.
- The aircraft experienced a dive before an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
- Most of the over 170 passengers and crew on board were Israeli.
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