Pilot stabs fellow pilot on flight to Israel before passengers intervene to stop attack
A commercial flight from Dubai to Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia following a distress call. The incident prompted Israel to scramble warplanes amid initial concerns of a potential hijacking.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A copilot stabbed a captain in an apparent attempt to crash a jetliner as it was flying 174 people to Israel on Wednesday. But passengers burst into the cockpit and wrestled with the attacker even as the plane descended sharply, witnesses and Israel’s government said. The plane made an emergency [...]
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