{
  "id": 11908179,
  "title": "Like a 'vertical roller coaster': Simulating flight FZ1073's sudden plunge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/like-a-vertical-roller-coaster-simulating-flight-fz1073s-sudden-plunge-11908179",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T10:46:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/vertical-roller-coaster-simulating-flight-fz1073s-sudden-plunge"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Ben Makori SHERFIELD ON LODDON, England, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Flydubai's flight FZ1073, which plunged 16,000 feet in about 30 seconds before being levelled out and landing safely, would have felt like a \"vertical roller coaster\", according to an aviation instructor who recreated the descent in a flight simulator for Reuters.",
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        "title": "Like a ’vertical roller coaster’: Simulating flight FZ1073’s sudden plunge",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/like-a-vertical-roller-coaster-simulating-flight-fz1073s-sudden-plunge",
        "published": "2026-10-04T10:07:10.000Z"
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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."
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