Flydubai flight diverts to Saudi Arabia amid reports of pilot fight

Craig_ said:
In the current chaos you can expect a lot of crap to float around, the truth will eventually come out in the report. It makes zero sense to run with conspiracies at this point.
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LOLZ

Interesting responses when the table's are turned.
 
Blu82 said:
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Crazy. Air India but at FL340. I wonder though if by hitting the fuel cutoff and therefore killing thrust on both engines, could that move have in fact kept the dive in check to a degree or at least provided a little extra time to regain control.
 
Craig_ said:
You're just as pathetic as vrottie. What the fck would be the purpose of faking this? If they could bomb your people with pagers I'm sure they could do a proper false flag.
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It's 3gee. To him everything involving jews or Israel is fake or staged.
 
Flanders said:
Crazy. Air India but at FL340. I wonder though if by hitting the fuel cutoff and therefore killing thrust on both engines, could that move have in fact kept the dive in check to a degree or at least provided a little extra time to regain control.
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I don't think the co-pilot really thought any of this through in much detail! Removing engine thrust did not necessarily stop the dive, but did limit the speed which was the main factor in structural damage. One of the links that I posted indicates that commercial aircraft have inherent stability, and tend to gradually level off after the controls have been released (called a phugoid cycle). This of course is contrary to the Hollywood version of reality. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_dynamic_modes
The longer period mode, called the "phugoid mode," is the one in which there is a large-amplitude variation of air-speed, pitch angle, and altitude, but almost no angle-of-attack variation. The phugoid oscillation is a slow interchange of kinetic energy (velocity) and potential energy (height) about some equilibrium energy level as the aircraft attempts to re-establish the equilibrium level-flight condition from which it had been disturbed. The motion is so slow that the impact of both inertial and damping forces is only very slight; however, despite damping forces being very weak, the period is so long that the pilot usually automatically corrects for this motion without being consciously aware that the oscillation even exists. Typically the period is 20–60 seconds. This oscillation can generally be controlled by the pilot.
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FlyDubai Attacker Had Been Banned From Flying by Oman for Radical Views​

The U.A.E. airline later hired pilot Hamam al-Hammami, who allegedly stabbed the captain of Flight 1073 and nearly crashed the plane​

The FlyDubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain and sent Flight 1073 diving toward the ground had previously been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he had adopted radical ideological views, people familiar with the matter said.

Despite the ban, the pilot was hired by FlyDubai, the people said, allowing him to fly on the sensitive route connecting the United Arab Emirates and Israel. The alleged attacker is an Omani national named Hamam al-Hammami, said other people briefed on the investigation.
 

FlyDubai Pilot Attack Case Shows that Airline Industry is Screwed - Pilot Blog​

A FlyDubai Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration A6-FKF performing flight FZ-1073 from Dubai (United Arab Emirates) to Tel Aviv (Israel) with 174 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL340 about 130nm northeast of Tabuk (Saudi Arabia) when the aircraft descended from FL340 to about 19000 feet within about 90 seconds, reportedly due to a fight in the cockpit.

The transponder code for unlawful interference was transmitted prompting the dispatch of Israeli fighter jets to the aircraft. The aircraft subsequently levelled off at about 15000 feet, changed the transponder code to general emergency and diverted to Tabuk for a landing without further incident, about 85 minutes after leaving FL340.

The captain received serious injuries from multiple stab wounds, the first officer was subdued and also received injuries, both were taken to a hospital. The aircraft received substantial damage.

Passenger photos show two persons in the aisle and in passenger seats with blood on their shirts.

Passengers report a physical fight broke out in the cockpit, someone attempted to stab a pilot with a pocket knife, they saw a lot of blood. The plane was out of control for some time, passengers helped to bring the situation under control.

A number of cabin crew and passengers managed to get through the cockpit door and restrain the attacker, who was pinned against the floor.

Control of the aircraft was regained thereafter.Local Authorities are investigating whether one of the pilots stabbed the other one and are also looking into the possibility that one of the pilots attempted suicide by crashing the aircraft.

Israeli Authorities have opened an investigation against the first officer amid growing indications that he tried to take over the aircraft in order to crash it.

An Israeli official reported that two other pilots in civil clothes travelling as passengers intervened successfully, these are also the ones shown on the passenger pictures with blood on their shirts. One of the pilots is citizen of South Africa, the other of New Zealand.

Israel's Air Defense Forces report the captain is citizen of the United Arab Emirates, the first officer Omani citizen. The Omani citizen is believed to have attempted to crash the aircraft.

The airline reported the aircraft carrying 174 passengers including 27 children experienced an incident enroute. Another aircraft is being sent from Dubai to Tabuk to pick the passengers up.

The airline later confirmed the emergency was triggered by a fight between the pilots. The airline is investigating the incident and has also informed Israeli Authorities. Tabuk Airport reported both pilots received injuries and were taken to a hospital.

Saudi Arabia's NTSC reported, they have commenced an investigation into the occurrence.

A replacement Boeing 737-8 MAX, registration A6-FKJ, positioned from Dubai to Tabuk and returned the passengers to Dubai arriving into Dubai about 16 hours after departure.

In the evening of Sep 30th 2026 The Aviation Herald received information, that the two pilots travelling as passengers were Flydubai Crew deadheading to Tel Aviv. They landed the aircraft into Tabuk. The assigned captain of the flight was not UAE citizen but citizen of India.
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satanboy said:

FlyDubai Attacker Had Been Banned From Flying by Oman for Radical Views​

The U.A.E. airline later hired pilot Hamam al-Hammami, who allegedly stabbed the captain of Flight 1073 and nearly crashed the plane​

The FlyDubai co-pilot who stabbed his captain and sent Flight 1073 diving toward the ground had previously been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he had adopted radical ideological views, people familiar with the matter said.

Despite the ban, the pilot was hired by FlyDubai, the people said, allowing him to fly on the sensitive route connecting the United Arab Emirates and Israel. The alleged attacker is an Omani national named Hamam al-Hammami, said other people briefed on the investigation.
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Wait I thought Hamam Al Hammami is a fake terrorist with a fake, made up name. How could Oman have banned him from flying 2 years before Israel invented him and gave him that name? :)
 
satanboy said:
Because there seems to be 4 sides to this story.
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Every day there are more sides. BBC:
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Australia investigating Flydubai co-pilot's links to country

State police and the country's security agency are looking into the co-pilot, who attempted to take control of a Flydubai plane travelling to Israel.
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Australian authorities confirmed on Sunday they were investigating his "links" to the country, but did not provide any details.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, citing sources, reported he was issued a student visa in 2014 and studied in Australia between 2015 and 2017 before leaving the country.

The ABC said his student visa was cancelled in 2019 as he was not enrolled in a course at that time.

Counter-terrorism officials will look at whether the man was radicalised in Australia, the ABC reported.
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