Passengers stand near the Flydubai Flight FZ1073 aircraft, with damage visible to the aircraft's tail, after it made an emergency landing at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 30, 2026.
Credit: Associated Press
For days, the event was at the top of news headlines around the world: In midflight, a commercial airline first officer suddenly attacked the captain with the aircraft’s crash axe, severely injuring him, and then attempted to crash the aircraft, presumably into a major international airport. Somehow...
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