Flydubai flight diverts to Saudi Arabia amid reports of pilot fight

[Blu82]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2105334865033822297

 

[hexagon]

There is a Wikipedia page for this incident, giving the known facts so far. IMO everything else reported should be treated as unverified, until independently confirmed:

Flydubai Flight 1073 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Do you know the authors?

User contributions for Guybas - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Blu82]

If you followed the story as it unfolded that headline was entirely true. I have seen accounts cherry picking early reports when we were still hearing it was a Russian vs Ukrainian or South Africa versus New Zealander to attack media houses.

Just saw the original tweet and it is six hours old at this time.

 

[neoprema]

Those pilots or at least the one who put it into a dive should never be allowed to step on an aircraft ever again. Absolutely shocking

Also, does create a case for having some kind of “intelligent” dare I use the term AI (not) system that can take over in situations like this and and say listen your actions are unsafe, the cockpit voice analysis indicates distress - I’m taking over this flight and just get it to the nearest airport and ignore human inputs.

 

[Flanders]

Those pilots or at least the one who put it into a dive should never be allowed to step on an aircraft ever again. Absolutely shocking

Hahaha! I think that's the least of his worries.

 

[Vrotappel]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2105250244724199543

 

[ponder]

This is probably the best version of events we have yet.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2105305424572428564

I think we should wait for the Hamas/BBC versions.

 

[Blu82]

I seriously doubt this version of events. One does not simply recover a structurally compromised aircraft decending twice as fast as the space shuttle flying brick impression.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2105339290116854187

 

[satanboy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2105250244724199543

What an arse.

 

[Vorastra]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2105250244724199543

I do like how this Israel-first Jew living in the US has never stopped seething about South Africa for decades now.

 

[Blu82]

It is also significantly faster decent than this piece of insanity in a military aircraft.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1769710554740855091

 

[Sideshow Bob]

I read all 4 pages and understood that there were 6 pilots in the cockpit. One each from Russia, South Africa, India, NZ, Omani and Ukraine.

And every country's pilot is being hailed as hero by their country's media, except Omani media of course.

 

[Blu82]

I read all 4 pages and understood that there were 6 pilots in the cockpit. One each from Russia, South Africa, India, NZ, Omani and Ukraine.

And every country's pilot is being hailed as hero by their country's media, except Omani media of course.

Yes.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Yes.

None of that is true though. Mossad's 3 agents neutralized the threat.

 

[Gordon_R]

The BBC is reporting a lot of interviews with passengers as they disembark. Treat with the usual caveats:

Israel-Dubai flight: Passenger describes grabbing attacker and taking plane controls

As passengers arrive back in Israel, one man - still wearing a blood-stained T-shirt - tells the Israeli prime minister how he helped stop the attack.

www.bbc.com

 

[Blu82]

None of that is true though. Mossad's 3 agents neutralized the threat.

Well wait for the Blanco and Moover videos for the agreed on sequence of events.

 

[satanboy]

None of that is true though. Mossad's 3 agents neutralized the threat.

 

[vigras rojara]

Why haven't Donnie and the Cuban weighed in on this yet. I'm sure they've been tracking the plane for at least six months.

Donnie has also heard about this flight tracking app called Flightgaydar, but he's not getting the results he expected and he is now confused about cockpits.

 

[Blu82]

Another good news part of the story. The treatment of the Israeli passengers on the ground by Saudi authorities.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2105293098871849324

 

[Gordon_R]

Well wait for the Blanco and Moover videos for the agreed on sequence of events.

IMO Blancolirio might not touch this one. His speciality is airframes and piloting, with known facts and data points. This really falls into neither category. What happened inside the aircraft and the cockpit may never be known, nor does it generalise to flight safety, which is what his channel is about. Lots of other aviation channels may jump on the bandwagon.