FlyDubai co-pilot stabbed the captain and tried to crash the plane, sending it into a steep dive
The Omani co-pilot attacked the pilot on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight carrying 174 people, sending the Boeing 737 plunging from 33,000 feet to 17,000 feet in under a minute. Investigators are now asking whether he used a crash axe stored in the cockpit — equipment that every commercial airliner is required to carry.
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