doubledog said:Aggie95 said:
amazing the airplane withstood those extreme forces....I guess Boeing can still build a good aircraft!
amazing the pilots were able to get control of the situation and then get control of the aircraft
Boeing B17s have seen worse damage and still landed safely.


Muslim co-pilot stabs pilot and tries to take down plane with 180 passengers
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 30, 2026
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Reminds me of the story of the lone Saudi pilot on 9/11. Had to fill in because the Emirati couldn't do the job.GAC06 said:
Do you think FlyDubai was ever going to staff the airline with native Dubaians?
Sad state of affairs when you have to go to a Middle Eastern news source to read about the fact there was a stabbing on board.Prosperdick said:Muslim co-pilot stabs pilot and tries to take down plane with 180 passengers
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 30, 2026
Media: pic.twitter.com/2sfYv2nI2M
WATCH: "One of the pilots stabbed the other pilot, and apparently tried to crash the plane with everyone on board," says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in remarks after an Israel-bound flydubai flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia https://t.co/9CWoKpf6vv pic.twitter.com/M3wIlJ0T19
— Arab News (@arabnews) September 30, 2026
Red Fishing Ag93 said:
Did the islamic attacker survive? Would he like to be a mayor?
Prosperdick said:Muslim co-pilot stabs pilot and tries to take down plane with 180 passengers
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 30, 2026
Media: pic.twitter.com/2sfYv2nI2M
Prosperdick said:Muslim co-pilot stabs pilot and tries to take down plane with 180 passengers
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) September 30, 2026
Media: pic.twitter.com/2sfYv2nI2M
Having argued for years that Jews are committing a genocide, neither CNN nor MSNBC are covering the attempted jihadi hijacking and terror attack. Meanwhile Fox News is live in the Tel Aviv airport talking to plane passengers on the flight.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 30, 2026
Kansas Kid said:
I would be curious when the headlines were pulled for this tweet. If it was right after the event, they likely didn't know for certain it involved a stabbing but are rushing to get something out. If you go to those sites now, they are clear in saying it was a stabbing on their latest updates.
There are a number of things to get upset about with the media, but very initial reports on an event like this aren't one of them given the emerging details.
Israel-bound flight diverts to Saudi Arabia after 'fight' between pilots https://t.co/m1eGiP5ZKP
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 30, 2026
Passengers tell Israeli media a pilot was stabbed as flight to Tel Aviv plunged 17,000ft and diverted to Saudi Arabia https://t.co/jCPAXavf8l
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 30, 2026
TexasAggie_02 said:Having argued for years that Jews are committing a genocide, neither CNN nor MSNBC are covering the attempted jihadi hijacking and terror attack. Meanwhile Fox News is live in the Tel Aviv airport talking to plane passengers on the flight.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 30, 2026
HollywoodBQ said:Kansas Kid said:
I would be curious when the headlines were pulled for this tweet. If it was right after the event, they likely didn't know for certain it involved a stabbing but are rushing to get something out. If you go to those sites now, they are clear in saying it was a stabbing on their latest updates.
There are a number of things to get upset about with the media, but very initial reports on an event like this aren't one of them given the emerging details.
That's fair but... they could update the headlines.
As of this posting, the headline still says "fight"Israel-bound flight diverts to Saudi Arabia after 'fight' between pilots https://t.co/m1eGiP5ZKP
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) September 30, 2026
In fairness, there are other BBC channels on X that use a different headline:Passengers tell Israeli media a pilot was stabbed as flight to Tel Aviv plunged 17,000ft and diverted to Saudi Arabia https://t.co/jCPAXavf8l
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) September 30, 2026
Smit Machchhar, an Indian Flydubai captain, was stabbed by an Omani terrorist in the cockpit.
— Robin 🇮🇱 (@Robiiin_Hoodx) September 30, 2026
Despite his injuries and being barely conscious, he helped save 180+ lives.
Now, he is fighting for his life.
Let us pray for this hero tonight. ❤️🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/t5UPjHKsNF
JClark97 said:
Wow, what a great job by those onboard to get into the cockpit and subdue the terrorist...
nortex97 said:The captain of the Flydubai Flight to Tel Aviv has been identified as Smit Machchhar from India. He
— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) September 30, 2026
was stabbed with a knife by his co-pilot, an Omani, in the cockpit on Flydubai flight FZ1073. Passengers and crew members intervened, subdued the attacker, and helped stabilize the… pic.twitter.com/mg5zh3LjBT
Kudos to him, especially if he opened the door after being stabbed (some reports say pax broke into the cockpit, I have no idea, but in 30 seconds they would have had to have acted incredibly fast if so). Apparently, both a Russian and Ukrainian pilot were flying as passengers and helped stabilize/land the plane, though of course again unconfirmed to date.
Fly Dubai is a state-owned airline. They've been flying to Tel Aviv since 2023 pretty much continuously. I'm amazed at the traffic but also appreciate the thawing relations mean a lot at this time of (well, perpetual) conflict regionally.
nortex97 said:The captain of the Flydubai Flight to Tel Aviv has been identified as Smit Machchhar from India. He
— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) September 30, 2026
was stabbed with a knife by his co-pilot, an Omani, in the cockpit on Flydubai flight FZ1073. Passengers and crew members intervened, subdued the attacker, and helped stabilize the… pic.twitter.com/mg5zh3LjBT
Kudos to him, especially if he opened the door after being stabbed (some reports say pax broke into the cockpit, I have no idea, but in 30 seconds they would have had to have acted incredibly fast if so). Apparently, both a Russian and Ukrainian pilot were flying as passengers and helped stabilize/land the plane, though of course again unconfirmed to date.
Fly Dubai is a state-owned airline. They've been flying to Tel Aviv since 2023 pretty much continuously. I'm amazed at the traffic but also appreciate the thawing relations mean a lot at this time of (well, perpetual) conflict regionally.
annie88 said:
On a slight tangent, I went to Finland last year and when I was going through customs, the young man kept asking me question after question after question. Quizzing me while I was there what I was doing there did I have proof, etc. It was interesting. I travel internationally quite often and that's the first time I've been scrutinized. And I've even been to Russia before. Of course I had to have a visa for that.
I finally had to prove to the guy why I was there with a printout that I had put in my suitcase of my itinerary and my flight back, which was unusual in itself because I usually just keep everything on my phone now. I did show him my return flight on my phone, but that wasn't enough. I'm not sure why he was OK with the printout. I think eventually I would've gotten through, but it was strange.
Maybe he thought I was a Russian agent.
Colonel Kurtz said:
False flag gone wrong?
Kansas Kid said:
I would be curious when the headlines were pulled for this tweet. If it was right after the event, they likely didn't know for certain it involved a stabbing but are rushing to get something out. If you go to those sites now, they are clear in saying it was a stabbing on their latest updates.
There are a number of things to get upset about with the media, but very initial reports on an event like this aren't one of them given the emerging details.
The problem for you is that the 7500 unlawful interference/hijacking call was transmitted at 5:38 UTC, four and a half hours before your propaganda outlet published the fake news article. https://t.co/yiXPdYqFDq
— Bad Hombre (@Badhombre) September 30, 2026
New World Ag said:Colonel Kurtz said:
False flag gone wrong?
An Omani pilot participating in an Israeli false flag?
Are the idiots on this platform calling the plane that nearly crashed in the middle east a "false flag" yet?
— Shawn Farash (@Shawn_Farash) September 30, 2026
Colonel Kurtz said:
False flag gone wrong?
Waiting for Tucker and Candace to say it was a false flag Israeli operation 🛩️
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) September 30, 2026