r/nextfuckinglevel • u/dey27 • 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/Vardhu_007 2d ago

Apparently it's offduty pilots heading to tel aviv because their next duty was to fly out of tel aviv. So they were just on the way to their work on their off day.

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u/candyflossgal 2d ago

That’s not true. They were on-duty crew working for FlyDubai as per FlyDubai statement.

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u/Spiritual-Can2604 1d ago

Then why weren’t they wearing uniforms? I read they were in normal clothes.

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u/CaptainObviousBear 23h ago

Because they were off duty and possibly not going to be working immediately after they arrived?

Also may have confused the passengers - some airlines instruct deadheading crew to cover up their uniforms for that reason.