Posted on 10/01/2026 9:25:36 AM PDT by libh8er
A major incident was averted on Wednesday when a pilot on a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv was stabbed by his co-pilot, triggering a rapid descent and an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Passengers and crew members intervened and restrained the accused pilot, while other pilots on board helped land the aircraft safely. Israeli officials have described the incident as an apparent attempt to crash the plane and kill those on board. The incident has nevertheless raised questions about a possible Iran connection, given the heightened tensions between Israel and Iran and concerns over potential attacks against Israelis.
Here's what we know so far.
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I recall Iran and Oman were jointly trying to control access to Strait of Hormuz. And Trump lashed out at Oman on Truth Social.
Israel election less than a month away.
Duh!
They have been behind every major terrorist attack since the ‘72 Munich Olympics attack.
They just use minions to do their dirty work.
The Red Army Faction had direct connections to Iran and were told this was all about Palestine.
I think Iran would have been idiotic to try to hijack a plane full of Israeli’s that they know would have fought back..nah, they would have just sat there and waited to die I dont think so! I think this guy did it FOR Iran for sure, but he didnt expect the Captain to unlock the cockpit door, that is the ONLY reason why everyone is alive today
Oman is not far from Yemen after all.
Islam is what motivated thisโฆ
Islam is behind it. Killing a planeload of Infidels, and especially Jews, would get him immediate Paradise and his 72 virgins.
โ They have been behind every major terrorist attack since the โ72 Munich Olympics attack.โ
The Iranian islamic revolution happened in 1979, and the leaders of the Baeder-Meinhof gang were all dead by 1977.
They have backed many terrorist attacks since then, however.
The point is....It’s a Muslim carrying out the wishes aka motive of Mohammed...”Kill all the Christians and Jews”.
Nope! Islam is to blame.
And FlyDubai is a state-owned airline.
She had not even heard about it???
What the hell do young professional people watch on their phones?
I know that they never watch the "news" but it was every where, "I don't know about 'tiktok' ".
She was very professional and well educated, but again I ask, "What the hell do they watch"?
I asked my 27 year old son and he had not heard of it.
Main stream Media is barely siring the hijacking news. Their headline is “a fight broke out between pilots”!
A Muslim copilot stabs the Hindu pilot out of nowhere, and then tries to dismantle aircraft control switched & knobs, the plane dives 10,000+ feet in a few seconds. But it was just a fight breaking out between the pilot according MSM.
Lucky for the passengers, the stabbed pilots had the instinct and strength to operate the switch to open the cockpit door, so men passengers could come in to help. More luck for passengers, the injured pilot has enough strength to land the plane safely, since no one else on the plane were jet pilots.
the injured pilot has enough strength to land the plane safely
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The injures pilot was too busy bleeding out to do anything else. The panes was landed by the alternate flight crew which just happened to be aboard.
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