'I was not going to let others die' - pilot of Flydubai flight describes cockpit attack by co-pilot

I CANNOT BE THE ONLY ONE WHO SAW THIS BUT THE CAPTAIN SAID HE HAS BEEN FLYING FOR SEVENTEEN YEARS AND CAN TELL WHAT AN AIRCRAFT IS DOING WITH HIS EYES CLOSED, WHICH IS HOW HE KNEW THEY WERE SINKING AFTER HIS OWN CO-PILOT STABBED HIM IN THE COCKPIT AND THE FLYDUBAI FLIGHT PLUNGED OVER SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FEET ON ITS WAY TO TEL AVIV WITH OVER A HUNDRED AND SEVENTY PEOPLE ON BOARD, AND WHILE HE WAS DOWN ON THE FLOOR HE MADE ONE FINAL PUSH TO UNLOCK THE COCKPIT DOOR FROM THE INSIDE SO PEOPLE COULD GET IN, AND PASSENGERS OVERPOWERED THE ATTACKER WHILE TWO RESERVE PILOTS ON BOARD TOOK OVER AND LANDED SAFELY IN SAUDI ARABIA, AND NOW THE UAE IS OFFICIALLY INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL TERRORISM LINKS WHILE THE CAPTAIN REMAINS IN STABLE CONDITION IN HOSPITAL.

WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR THE NUMBERS ON THIS BECAUSE EVERYONE IS FURIOUS ABOUT A CO-PILOT ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO CRASH A PLANE BOUND FOR TEL AVIV WITH MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY PASSENGERS ON BOARD, AND THE FLIGHT SUDDENLY PLUNGED OVER SEVENTEEN THOUSAND FEET TWO AND A HALF HOURS IN AFTER SQUAWKING A HIJACKING CODE, WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE CAPTAIN SMIT MACHCHHAR WAS STABBED AND LYING INJURED ON THE FLOOR BUT STILL MANAGED ONE LAST PUSH TO UNLOCK THE COCKPIT DOOR FROM THE INSIDE SO PEOPLE COULD RUSH IN, AND PASSENGERS SUBDUED THE ATTACKER WHILE TWO RESERVE PILOTS ON BOARD TOOK OVER AND SAFELY LANDED THE PLANE IN TABUK, SAUDI ARABIA AT SIX FIFTY-EIGHT IN THE MORNING, AND NOW THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES IS OFFICIALLY INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE LINKS TO TERRORIST ACTIVITY WHILE THE CAPTAIN RECOVERS IN ABU DHABI.

A Flydubai captain survived being stabbed by his co-pilot and unlocked the cockpit door, allowing passengers and reserve pilots to subdue the attacker and land safely.

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