Alleged FlyDubai hijacker spent six months in NZ, police say
An international investigation has revealed that the co-pilot accused of attacking a Flydubai captain with an emergency axe on a Tel Aviv-bound flight spent 175 days in New…
Smit Machchhar
Flydubai Copilot Allegedly Planned to Crash Plane in Tel Aviv, Reports Say
A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia on September 30, 2026, after the copilot allegedly attacked the captain with an emergency axe.
Flydubai Copilot Hamam al-Hammami Attacked Captain During Flight
An inflight attack on Flight FZ1073 by copilot Hamam al-Hammami prompted a sharp 5,180-metre descent before making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after…
Insider threat: what the FlyDubai attack reveals about aviation security
A flydubai co-pilot attacked the flight captain with a crash axe mid-flight, sending an Israel-bound passenger jet plunging over 16,625 feet.
FlyDubai Flight Plunges 17,000 Feet After Co-Pilot Attacks Captain
Plummeting 17,000 feet after an axe attack by its Omani co-pilot, an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight with 182 people on board survived an attempted terrorist act.
Flydubai Co-Pilot Attacks Captain With Axe Over Saudi Arabia
An Omani co-pilot used a crash axe to stab his captain in the cockpit of a Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv on September 30, 2026, sending the Boeing 737 Max 8 into a steep…
Captain Smit Machchhar Details Cockpit Attack to PM Modi
Captain Smit Machchhar recounted a violent mid-air cockpit attack by his co-pilot on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.