Aether320 wrote that the northern lights were visible from the cockpit of an easyJet airplane, just before the Dutch border near Doetinchem. The message was directed to RTL Nieuws, Weeronline, Weerplaza, De Telegraaf, and NOS. https://t.co/juduTvoA6w #noorderlicht #aurora #Doetinchem (translated)
The FlyDubai flight FZ1073 was miraculously saved after an attempted terrorist attack in the cockpit, thanks to the heroic intervention of the passengers. #AccèsRefusé #FlyDubai #SécuritéAérienne (translated)
US President Donald Trump had said after the attempted attack that the assailant in the cockpit may have connections to Iran. #Verschwörungstheorien #FlyDubai #Nahostpolitik (translated)
The article examines how the terror pilot of FlyDubai was able to enter the cockpit and discusses that radicalization does not occur suddenly. #Cookies #Beveiliging #OnlineVeiligheid (translated)
The terrorist Hamam al-Hammami, who planned an attack on a FlyDubai aircraft with 174 passengers, stopped his first attack in July due to the presence of a friend in the cockpit, while he now faces the death penalty in the United Arab Emirates. #Terroranschlag #Flughafen #Weltgeschehen (translated)
A passenger reports an incident on the Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Israel, where the co-pilot attempted to deliberately crash the aircraft while the cockpit was temporarily unoccupied, and passengers had to intervene to regain control of the airplane. #Flydubai #Flugangriff #Israelsicherheit (translated)
In a suspected terrorist incident on board a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, the cockpit was temporarily empty while a co-pilot attacked his colleague, and passengers had to intervene to take control of the plane. #Flydubai #Terrorverdacht #Luftsicherheit (translated)
A witness reported an attack on Flydubai flight FZ1073, during which the cockpit was temporarily unoccupied and the passengers were alarmed when the plane lost altitude. #Flugzeugnotlandung #Flydubai #Cockpitangriff (translated)
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
Mick van Wely wrote that earlier that week he was shocked by reports in which the thwarted terrorist attack on a FlyDubai aircraft was described by some media as a fight in the cockpit. He called that deliberate disinformation and stated that there was boundless activism in the journalism surrounding Gaza and Israel. #terreur #journalistiek #GazaIsrael (translated)
Benjamin Netanyahu praised Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, described as a true hero, for saving a Flydubai flight by opening the cockpit door after being attacked by his co-pilot, thus allowing passengers to subdue the assailant and avert a disaster. #Héros #Israël #Inde (translated)
Today in the Military World published a report attributed to Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar, who said that the co-pilot stood up to pray and, a few minutes later, he attacked him. Machchhar stated that he tried to open the cockpit door, but the co-pilot closed it and he fell; when he managed to open it again, he saw people waiting to enter. The publication attributed the pilot's actions to the rescue of more than 170 people, mostly Jewish tourists, and described the incident as an Islamic terrorist attack. According to the account, the co-pilot attacked Machchhar with the hatchet kept in the cockpit for emergencies. #Voo #SegurançaAérea #Heroísmo (translated)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Indian pilot Smit Machchhar to Israel, hailed as a hero for saving the passengers of a flydubai flight by unlocking the cockpit door during a terrorist attack. #Héros #SécuritéAérienne #Terrorisme (translated)
The article examines how difficult it is to keep malicious pilots out of the cockpit, especially after an incident where the co-pilot of Flydubai attacked his colleague, despite previously imposed flight bans. #Luchtvaartveiligheid #PilotenScreening #RadicaleIdeeën (translated)
Tim Freiheit wrote that the CDU now needs someone who can take the controls in the cockpit without flight training. https://t.co/mrPwIgsNb9 #CDU #Politik #Deutschland (translated)
The co-pilot of Flydubai attacked the captain with an axe this week, which is considered a terrorist attack by the UAE, while the investigation into his motives and how he ended up in the cockpit is ongoing. #Flydubai #Terrorisme #Luchtvaartveiligheid (translated)
Mick van Wely wrote that some media had described a thwarted terrorist attack as a dispute in the cockpit. According to him, the reporting on Israel and Gaza was becoming increasingly biased and colored. He urged media not to be influenced by the conflict and to do their job. #media #Israël #Gaza (translated)
Media reports reveal that the co-pilot of a Flydubai flight, suspected of an attack in the cockpit, was previously not allowed to fly by his former employer Oman Air due to suspicions of extremism and is now considered by authorities in the Emirates to be a perpetrator of a terrorist act. #Flydubai #Terrorakt #Extremismus (translated)
The investigation into the flydubai flight revealed that the co-pilot was attempting to carry out a "terrorist act" by attacking the captain with a cockpit emergency axe. #Flydubai #Terrorisme #SécuritéAérienne (translated)
