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  "id": 10971851,
  "title": "What to know about FlyDubai cockpit clash as pilot is arrested",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/what-to-know-about-flydubai-cockpit-clash-as-pilot-is-arrested",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T15:04:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/6120297-flydubai-co-pilot-arrested/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday a co-pilot aboard a diverted FlyDubai flight has been arrested after he allegedly stabbed the other pilot and nearly caused the plane to crash. “During the flight, as they were approaching Israel, one of the pilots stabbed the other pilot, and apparently attempted to crash the plane...",
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      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Passenger Claims Pilot Tried To Crash flydubai Plane En Route To Tel Aviv",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/passenger-claims-pilot-tried-to-crash-flydubai-plane-en-route-to-tel",
        "published": "2026-09-30T14:18:25.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Flydubai pilot stabbed in cockpit is Indian, flew with SpiceJet for 11 years before joining Dubai airline",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/flydubai-pilot-stabbed-in-cockpit-is-indian-flew-with-spicejet-for-11",
        "published": "2026-09-30T15:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Adom Online",
        "title": "Flydubai flight diverted after pilot stabs colleague, attempts to crash plane",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/flydubai-flight-diverted-after-pilot-stabs-colleague-attempts-to",
        "published": "2026-09-30T15:52:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Israeli military: Security agencies not investigating Flydubai pilot themselves",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/israeli-military-security-agencies-not-investigating-flydubai-pilot",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:00:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Pilot Attacked, Plane Plunges 17,400 Ft: How Passengers, Pilots & Crew Saved 180 Lives Aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/pilot-attacked-plane-plunges-17-400-ft-how-passengers-pilots-crew",
        "published": "2026-09-30T16:40:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Le Monde English",
        "title": "What we know about the attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/what-we-know-about-the-attempted-hijacking-of-a-flydubai-flight-to",
        "published": "2026-09-30T17:01:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "A pilot brawl, then a rapid descent: passengers recount chaos on flydubai flight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/a-pilot-brawl-then-a-rapid-descent-passengers-recount-chaos-on",
        "published": "2026-09-30T17:46:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "A pilot brawl, then a rapid descent: passengers recount chaos on flydubai flight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/a-pilot-brawl-then-a-rapid-descent-passengers-recount-chaos-on-11000303",
        "published": "2026-09-30T18:06:43.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}