Major Flydubai Update: 2 More Pilots Detained

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[I used Grok to condense the YouTube transcript]: On September 30, Fly Dubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv was attacked in the cockpit by co-pilot Hamam al-Hamami. He used a ruse of needing to pray to leave his seat, retrieved the crash axe from behind the captain’s position, and struck Captain Schmidt (an Indian national). Passengers intervened, subdued the attacker, and assisted in recovering the aircraft from a steep dive of roughly 14,000–16,000 feet. Deadheading crew members entered the cockpit and flew the aircraft to an airport in Saudi Arabia, where the attacker was arrested. Evacuation lights activated...
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