Flydubai captain describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked him

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Flydubai captain describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked him #918390 4 hours ago
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Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,977 Los Angeles, USA	Flydubai captain describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked him Capt Smit Machchhar said he screamed for help as he reached to open the cockpit door on flight FZ1073 The captain of a flydubai flight who was attacked by a co-pilot who intended to crash the plane has described ⁠blocking axe blows to his head and screaming for help as he reached to open the cockpit door. Capt Smit ⁠Machchhar has been hailed ⁠as a hero for his role in averting disaster on the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv last month, helping to thwart what the UAE ⁠attorney general has said was an attempted suicide attack by the co-pilot who had intended to crash the plane into Ben Gurion airport. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/flydubai-captain-smit-machchhar-blocking-axe-blows-flight-fz1073