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Off-duty pilot helped prevent FlyDubai plane crash after alleged cockpit attack
A FlyDubai plane from Dubai to Israel plunged thousands of feet after an alleged cockpit incident, but passengers and crew prevented a crash.
A FlyDubai plane from Dubai to Israel experienced a dramatic plunge from 33,000 feet after one pilot allegedly attacked his co-pilot and attempted to hijack the aircraft. The plane dropped rapidly before passengers and crew managed to restrain the alleged attacker. An off-duty British pilot helped stabilise and land the jet, which made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, the co-pilot, later described opening the cockpit door to passengers to help halt the descent.
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