'You Saved Our Lives': Passengers Praise Stabbed Pilot Of Flydubai Flight FZ 1073 After Mid-Air Cockpit Attack
A video recorded aboard a flydubai flight has surfaced showing passengers protecting and praising the injured pilot following a violent confrontation in the cockpit that triggered a brief hijack scare earlier in the day. Flight FZ 1073 was travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv when it issued a distress alert and altered its route after one pilot was reportedly stabbed by the other. Footage from…
A video has emerged from a Flydubai flight (FZ 1073) showing passengers praising the injured pilot after a violent confrontation in the cockpit led to a brief hijack scare. Flight FZ 1073 was en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv when one pilot allegedly stabbed the other. The footage reveals blood on the injured pilot's face and throughout the cabin, as passengers surround him for protection.
Passengers can be heard encouraging the injured pilot, saying "You saved the plane" and "We are standing here. No one passes the pilot's door." Several off-duty pilots on board reportedly intervened during the incident and helped bring the aircraft safely to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Israeli media reports indicate that the plane initially transmitted emergency code 7700, which could have suggested a hijacking, but this suspicion was later dismissed.
Fighter jets were scrambled by Israel to monitor the situation, which was later deemed a non-threat.
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