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Social media posts show the FlyDubai co-pilot accused of a hijack attempt spent a year bashing women with "manosphere" rhetoric.
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Social media posts show the FlyDubai co-pilot accused of a hijack attempt spent a year bashing women with "manosphere" rhetoric.
A routine flight became a fight for survival when the co-pilot attacked the captain and tried to crash FlyDubai Flight 1073. As the plane plunged 14,000 feet, people on board helped subdue the attacker while another pilot regained control. Correspondent Matt Gutman sat down with some of the heroes who helped avert disaster.
Israel was ready to implement a long-practiced protocol after the captain of a FlyDubai plane was attacked in the cockpit, Israeli sources told CBS News.
In the minutes after chaos took over FlyDubai flight 1073, Israel was prepared for fighter jets to shoot it down, according to Israeli sources. CBS News has also learned that co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, a citizen of Oman, had planned to crash the plane into Israel's main airport. Matt Gutman reports.
Israeli sources say they were prepared to shoot down last week's FlyDubai flight where a co-pilot allegedly attacked the flight's captain, even though there were more than 150 Israeli passengers on board. CBS News' Matt Gutman reports.
CBS News national security analyst Aaron MacLean joins "The Takeout" to discuss what we know now about the co-pilot who allegedly tried to bring down a FlyDubai plane headed for Israel, the Iran war and Russia's latest attacks on Ukraine.
The FlyDubai co-pilot accused of trying to crash a packed plane planned the attack for months, and should never even have been cleared to fly to Israel, sources tell CBS News.
Questions continue to swirl about the FlyDubai co-pilot who allegedly attacked the captain and tried to crash a packed flight from Dubai to Israel.
Some of the passengers who reacted quickly after a FlyDubai pilot was allegedly stabbed by his counterpart are speaking out. CBS News' Matt Gutman has the latest information about the alleged attacker.
The man who allegedly attacked his co-pilot during a FlyDubai flight to Israel was apparently carrying out a lone-wolf attack, sources tell CBS News. Matt Gutman has more from the survivors who prevented a catastrophe.
The FlyDubai alleged attempted hijacking was likely a lone wolf attack, an early investigation by Israel shows, according to people familiar with the matter.
The co-pilot suspected of trying to crash flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv was likely not directed by a terrorist group or a nation, Israeli sources told CBS News. For the first time, hero Capt. Smit Machchhar recounts his version of what the United Arab Emirates called a "terrorist act." Matt Gutman reports.
"Sunday Morning" talked with passengers who heroically helped avert disaster this past Wednesday by subduing the co-pilot attempting to crash their Boeing 737 Max into the Arabian Desert.
The FlyDubai captain attacked by his co-pilot tells his harrowing survival story to India's leader in an emotional video call from his hospital bed.
Captain Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed while flying an Israel-bound plane, shared new details about the incident from his hospital bed. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
The FlyDubai pilot who survived a midair stabbing and managed to seek help before his plane plunged is speaking out. CBS News' Dov Lieber reports.
The captain of a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv spoke to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about what happened after his co-pilot allegedly stabbed him midair.
Flight captain Smit Machchha spoke to India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call about the FlyDubai mid-flight stabbing, where he was injured by another pilot while the plane carried 173 other people in the skies. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab reports.
New video of the FlyDubai on-board stabbing shows Capt. Smit Machchhar, the pilot hailed as a hero, unlocking the cockpit door and asking for help. This allowed a small group of passengers to push in, pull up on the controls and then subdue the attacker with cords from a headset. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
Details are still forthcoming as the investigation continues into the cockpit attack on an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight Wednesday. CBS News' Matt Gutman reports.
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Israel leader Benjamin Netanyahu says the FlyDubai co-pilot who allegedly stabbed the captain and tried to crash the plane had undergone "Islamist radical indoctrination."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated to CBS News that the motive of the Flydubai co-pilot accused of stabbing his fellow pilot on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv is still unknown.
Passenger Ron Levi tells CBS News the attempted hijack of a Dubai-to-Israel flight was "the scariest thing possible."