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A Sky-High Battle for 174 Lives

GooogleNews / October 1, 2026

A Sky-High Battle for 174 Lives: How Captain Smit Machchhar Stopped a Mid-Air Catastrophe TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA — It began as a routine Wednesday morning flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. But at 34,000 feet over the Saudi desert, inside the locked cockpit of Flydubai Flight FZ1073, a nightmare unfolded. A co-pilot — later identified

Indian pilot emerges as Hero @ 737

Passengers and crew on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv thwarted what Israeli officials described as an attempted crash after the co-pilot stabbed the Indian captain mid-air. The Boeing 737 plunged nearly 14,000 to 17,000 feet in under 30 seconds before passengers forced their way into the cockpit, subdued the attacker, and off-duty