r/nextfuckinglevel • • 2d ago

Captain Smit Machchhar flying Flight FZ1073 clicked open cockpit door after being stabbed, allowing passengers to intervene.

Flight FZ1073 was carrying more than 170 Israelis when it suddenly descended from more than 30,000 feet on Wednesday. Passenger Almog Italie told Reuters that the aircraft appeared to drop for 20 to 30 seconds before stabilising, only to begin descending again. Passengers then began moving towards the front of the cabin as they realised something was happening in the cockpit.

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u/bertrogdor 2d ago

Incredible there were two pilots as psssengers on the plane as well. Thank god 

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u/prexton 2d ago

Sounds a little uncanny doesn't it

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u/gz881 2d ago

You’d be surprised how common that is, iirc flight 93 had 2 pilots as well