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Pilot on Tel Aviv-bound flight tried to crash plane after cockpit stabbing, Netanyahu says
Washington Post ^ | By Gerry Shih and Lior Soroka

Posted on 09/30/2026 8:13:13 AM PDT by Eli Kopter

Flydubai Flight 1073 was carrying about 180 passengers to Tel Aviv from Dubai when it made the emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. JERUSALEM — A flight carrying about 180 passengers to Tel Aviv from Dubai made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after one of the pilots stabbed another and sought to hijack the plane before being subdued, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; Israel; War
KEYWORDS: flydubai
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So this is the IRGC plan (an old one) to bring down airliners carrying Israelis and Americans. This is one of their October surprises.
1 posted on 09/30/2026 8:13:13 AM PDT by Eli Kopter
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To: Eli Kopter

Old school is the best school...........


2 posted on 09/30/2026 8:14:46 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Eli Kopter

Just another muslim getting all stabby.


3 posted on 09/30/2026 8:16:09 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Eli Kopter

Another source said co-pilot. Personally I say bind him and toss him at 20,000 feet.


4 posted on 09/30/2026 8:17:42 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm multilingual, I also speak Facetious.)
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To: MtnClimber

How dare you!!?? It’s a “Religion of Peace”


5 posted on 09/30/2026 8:17:58 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Fixed it for you.

It’s a “Religion of Peace Pieces

6 posted on 09/30/2026 8:20:23 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Eli Kopter

remember all plane hijackings in the 70?

why did that stop? We paid them.


7 posted on 09/30/2026 8:20:42 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple ((Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere))
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To: Eli Kopter

Stop hiring mudslimes.


8 posted on 09/30/2026 8:26:46 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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PILOT SUSPECTED OR CONFIRMED OF DELIBERATELY CRASHING A COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT

1982 — Japan Airlines Flight 350
Pilot: Captain
Status: Confirmed deliberate action
Aircraft: McDonnell Douglas DC-8
Fatalities: 24

1994 — Royal Air Maroc Flight 630
Pilot: Captain
Status: Officially determined to be deliberate action
Aircraft: ATR 42
Fatalities: 44

1997 — SilkAir Flight 185
Pilot: Captain
Status: Disputed
Aircraft: Boeing 737-300
Fatalities: 104
Note: U.S. NTSB concluded that the crash resulted from deliberate pilot action; Indonesian investigators were unable to determine the cause.

1999 — EgyptAir Flight 990
Pilot: Relief First Officer
Status: Disputed
Aircraft: Boeing 767-300ER
Fatalities: 217
Note: U.S. NTSB concluded that the relief first officer deliberately caused the crash; Egyptian authorities rejected that conclusion.

2013 — LAM Mozambique Airlines Flight 470
Pilot: Captain
Status: Officially determined to be deliberate action
Aircraft: Embraer 190
Fatalities: 33

2014 — Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Pilot: Unknown
Status: Unresolved; deliberate manipulation of the aircraft is suspected
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200ER
Fatalities: 239
Note: Investigators determined that the aircraft deviated from its planned route and that the flight path was likely deliberately altered, but they could not establish who was responsible.

2015 — Germanwings Flight 9525
Pilot: First Officer
Status: Confirmed deliberate action
Aircraft: Airbus A320-200
Fatalities: 150

2022 — China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735
Pilot: Unknown
Status: Unresolved; deliberate control inputs are suspected
Aircraft: Boeing 737-800
Fatalities: 132
Note: Evidence indicates significant control inputs occurred during the final descent, but Chinese investigators have not publicly established who was responsible or the cause.

2025 — Air India Flight 171
Pilot: Under investigation
Status: Unresolved; deliberate pilot action is one hypothesis
Aircraft: Boeing 787-8
Fatalities: 260
Note: The investigation is ongoing, so deliberate pilot action should not be treated as established fact.


9 posted on 09/30/2026 8:27:46 AM PDT by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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Has the Media elicited any comments from El Sayed, Piker, Ilhan, or Mamdani yet? Tucker and Candace?

Yeah, I know. Crickets.


10 posted on 09/30/2026 8:40:05 AM PDT by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Stop hiring mudslimes.


Um ... it’s a muzzie owned/based airline.


11 posted on 09/30/2026 8:40:51 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: TTFlyer

Exactly ... an HONEST media would be asking these pro-moozie talkers what their thoughts/comments are on this almost horrificly tragic event.


12 posted on 09/30/2026 8:42:09 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Every Muslim, “moderate” or strictly observant, is a human time bomb silently ticking until the right time and place. Most don’t go through with it but jihad is a basic tenet/obligation all stay aware of.


13 posted on 09/30/2026 8:47:24 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (9-11-2001 is Unfinished Business until Islam is crushed.)
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To: Jane Long

Ban them from US airspace and warn all Americans fly at your own risk. They can ban our carriers, if they want, from their airspace that would not allow non-stop flights back and forth.


14 posted on 09/30/2026 9:00:48 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Eli Kopter

Reported by the WP?
CNN is already trying got bury it.
This is why Israel wants to end the Iranian radicals.
They have been doing this since ‘72 Munich games.


15 posted on 09/30/2026 9:20:29 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: Eli Kopter

WHY are Jews flying on UAE planes FLOWN BY MUSLIM PILOTS??? YIKES!


16 posted on 09/30/2026 9:22:31 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

Sam reason the vote for them


17 posted on 09/30/2026 9:42:42 AM PDT by al baby (Sarcasm )
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To: Eli Kopter

It’s time to do serious screening of ALL pilots...


18 posted on 09/30/2026 11:11:33 AM PDT by GOPJ (Whatever Soros and Iran are paying Mika & Joe and her suck-ups, double it. Toyko Rose is blushing.)
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Yes it’s getting close to having pilots making monthly report check list on other pilots.

For the sake of the passengers

Money woes for insurance/women problems/outed/.............

sad deal


19 posted on 09/30/2026 11:30:15 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Eli Kopter

Interettng that most all of these articles pointedly avoid mentioning the nationality of the pilot and copilot, when both are known.

The Ukrainian copilot tried to murder the Russian pilot.


20 posted on 09/30/2026 12:12:42 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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