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Saudi Arabia to investigate flydubai cockpit stabbing as UAE pursues criminal probeSaudi Arabia has initiated a safety investigation following the co-pilot's attack on the captain during flight FZ1073. The incident occurre...
US House resolution honours Indian pilot Smit Machchhar for foiling flydubai cockpit attackUS Congressman Josh Gottheimer has introduced a House resolution honouring Indian pilot Smit Machchhar for helping prevent an alleged cockp...
UK police arrest a 7th man in connection with a security incident at a US-run air baseA 22-year-old man was arrested in London on suspicion of a terror offence involving a US military base. Previous arrests of five British me...
flydubai axe attack renews scrutiny: Key aircraft incidents since 9/11 that reshaped aviation safety rulesA flydubai co-pilot launched a terrorist attack by stabbing the captain with an emergency axe. The plane rapidly plunged 16,000 feet before...
FlyDubai attacker reportedly targeted Tel Aviv Airport: How did he get into the cockpit?Flight FZ1073 took off from Dubai for Tel Aviv with 182 people on board, including eight crew members. The flight appeared routine at first...
Flydubai Flight FZ1073: Why was the copilot allowed to fly, how did the plane survive the 17,000ft plunge & other questions remain unasweredOn September 30, a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv experienced a critical incident in the cockpit. Following a fight between pilots,...
flydubai co-pilot planned Ben Gurion crash after incapacitating captain: ReportHamam al-Hammami, the co-pilot of Flydubai Flight FZ1073, planned a terrorist attack to crash the aircraft. He was detained after attemptin...
Al Qaeda-linked magazine calls for copycat attacks on US, Israeli planes after flydubai incidentA pro-Al Qaeda publication has urged followers to conduct copycat attacks on US and Israeli airliners. This call for violence references th...
US bombers redeployed to home bases after RAF Fairford terror attack probeThe U.S. Air Force has brought home its bombers stationed at RAF Fairford due to security concerns. An investigation into a potential terro...
UAE had shared details about FlyDubai flight with Israel, including pilots' names and nationalitiesAuthorities in the United Arab Emirates provided Israel with a list of passengers from a FlyDubai flight. An Omani co-pilot attacked the ca...
Flydubai drama: 'UAE shared crew details with Israel ahead of flight'A Flydubai flight headed for Israel was nearly compromised when an Omani co-pilot, previously banned from flying due to extremist views, at...
UAE had shared details about FlyDubai flight with Israel, including pilots' names and nationalitiesDuring a FlyDubai flight, chaos erupted when an Omani co-pilot attempted a hijacking, prompting urgent discussions about the crew vetting p...
Before Flydubai attack, 12 Omani pilots flew to Israel despite ban. How did it happen?Dozens of Omani pilots reportedly flew flydubai's Dubai-Tel Aviv route in recent years despite an Israeli restriction barring pilots from c...
Flydubai co-pilot accused of attacking captain Smit Machchhar identified as Hamam al-HammamiHamam al-Hammami, a co-pilot, attacked captain Smit Machchhar on a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv. The incident, which caused the aircraft to ...
FlyDubai co-pilot who nearly crashed plane was barred from flying by Oman over extremism concernsA FlyDubai flight with 182 people faced a near-crash incident due to an attack on the cockpit. The co-pilot, previously barred from flying ...
Aviation security measures under new scrutiny after in-flight attack on FlyDubai pilotThe alleged stabbing of captain by his co-pilot on a FlyDubai flight bound for Tel Aviv has exposed potential gaps in crew screening, cockp...
Israel's Netanyahu says too early to tell who is behind foiled bid to crash Dubai-Tel Aviv flightIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated it is too early to determine the perpetrator of the foiled flight incident. The investigat...