flydubai co-pilot attacked captain with cockpit crash axe, sending Dubai-Tel Aviv 737 into nosedive

A flydubai 737 from Dubai to Tel Aviv nosedived from about 34,000 feet to 17,000 on September 30 after co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, 29, an Omani national, attacked captain Smit Machchhar with the cockpit's crash axe in what state media called an attempted "terrorist act."

Detected & updated continuously · Source: Nebula

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