The aircraft lost communication with flight controllers after significantly dropping in altitude, according to flight data. #AviationSafety #PlaneMissing #TragicLoss
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. #AviationSafety #Terrorism #AustraliaInvestigation
FlyDubai hero captain Smit Machchhar described to Israeli prime minister Benjanim Netanyahu how the attack started and how he managed to finally open the cockpit door after nearly losing his vision under the co-pilot’s repeated blows. #HeroicActions #AviationSafety #TerrorismRisk
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. #FlydubaiIncident #AviationSafety #CounterTerrorism
The aircraft lost communication with flight controllers after significantly dropping in altitude, according to flight data. #AviationSafety #MissingPlane #SearchAndRescue
The aircraft lost communication with flight controllers after significantly dropping in altitude, according to flight data. #AviationSafety #MissingPlane #MedicalFlights
The flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was carrying more than 170 people when the attack took place. #FlydubaiIncident #AviationSafety #TerrorismInvestigation
Cerfia reported that Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot for FlyDubai for 17 years, had been stabbed in the head and seriously injured in the arm by his co-pilot in mid-flight. He said he realized, feeling the movements of the aircraft, that the plane was falling, before collapsing to the ground. According to Cerfia, Machchhar had managed to get up and open the cockpit door, allowing Israeli passengers to subdue the co-pilot. The plane had then lost more than 4,200 meters of altitude in 30 seconds. The pilot explained that he was trying to save himself while knowing he could not let the passengers die. Cerfia added that Narendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu had praised the captain. After an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, Machchhar had been transferred to a hospital in the United Arab Emirates, where he continued his recovery, according to the account reported by Fox News. #PilotHero #AviationSafety #FlightIncident (translated)
Still recovering in hospital, the pilot who helped prevent a tragedy on a FlyDubai flight has spoken publicly about the moment he fought to regain control of the cockpit. Capt. Smit Machchhar says he was “fighting for his life” but knew he had to get back up as the aircraft began its steep descent. #CockpitAttack #FlyDubai #AviationSafety
I would say the answer, based on what I'm hearing, is yes but we're working on it right now Oh, they'll be hit very hard, don't worry. #Iran #Terrorism #AviationSafety
We know that he underwent Islamist radical indoctrination We have constraints that say that you can't have pilots from countries that don't have diplomatic relations with Israel. Obviously he was able to go through that. #Iran #Terrorism #AviationSafety
Passengers described rushing the cockpit and a fight for control after the plane suddenly plummeted, losing around 17,000 feet of altitude in the span of a minute, according to the Flightradar24 website. #Iran #Terrorism #AviationSafety
An Israeli passenger filmed scenes of panic aboard a FlyDubai flight after an alleged attack in the cockpit forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. #FlyDubai #EmergencyLanding #AviationSafety
Adam Polovincik tells the BBC he told his young children "everything is going to be all right" as flight plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m). #FlydubaiIncident #AviationSafety #FamilyCrisis
It was too early to say whether Iran was involved in the attack, but the alleged attacker had undergone 'Islamist radical indoctrination'. #FlydubaiIncident #AviationSafety #PassengerStories
Adam Polovincik tells the BBC he told his young children "everything is going to be all right" as flight plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m). #FlydubaiIncident #AviationSafety #PassengerStories
I saved the lives of 174 people and prevented a catastrophic mid-air disaster. #HeroPilot #AviationSafety #CourageUnderPressure
Capt Smit Machchhar was attacked by another pilot onboard the Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv. #HeroPilot #AviationSafety #CourageUnderPressure
Passengers and crew overpowered the attacker and safely landed the plane in Saudi Arabia. #HeroPilot #AviationSafety # terrorIncident
EasyJet says the latest incident "once again calls into question the resilience" of the system. #AirTrafficControl #FlightDisruptions #AviationSafety
