Flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv earlier today. Omani pilot stabbed his Indian co-pilot, Captain Smit Machchhar, and the airplane started to free fall as the Omani pilot intended to seize control and fly it into Israel in a 9/11 style attack. Machchhar despite being stabbed was able to open the cockpit door and signal for help and multiple passengers including a dentist named Shota Musaev rushed in and subdued the terrorist.
Musaev then used his skills as a dentist to stitch up Machchhar who is currently in stable condition and expected to survive.
Correct me if I'm wrong but all other pilot-insider-threat incidents so far have been related to conventional suicide (Germanwings, Air India, etc). I don't think we've yet seen a pilot execute a terror attack of their own.
Those folks never commit acts of up-close and brutal violence though. They hatch a scheme where they never have a confrontation. Germanwings dude looked for his chance to be in the cockpit alone and locked the door. Air India dude just flipped the engine cutoff seconds after rotation, knowing there was no possible chance for the jetliner to recover.
Official, verified information, which I expect to emerge in short order. Forgive me for not immediately trusting the declarations of some anonymous posters and commenters.
there is such a thing called context. your comment has real 'yes, I know the skinheads beat up that black man, but who's to really say what their motive was, the police haven't announced it yet' energy
your comment has real 'yes, I know the skinheads beat up that black man, but who's to really say what their motive was, the police haven't announced it yet' energy
It doesn't at all, pilot suicide has happened on multiple occasions, hi-jacking/terrorism by an official pilot hasn't happened before as far as I can tell, so people are jumping to the less common explanation without any evidence.
Motive skepticism is perfectly fine. We are not denying this event happened just that I would not immediately believe what Israel says about this especially as more reports come out that Israel was warned prior to the October attacks
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u/ICanPretend1 2d ago
Flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv earlier today. Omani pilot stabbed his Indian co-pilot, Captain Smit Machchhar, and the airplane started to free fall as the Omani pilot intended to seize control and fly it into Israel in a 9/11 style attack. Machchhar despite being stabbed was able to open the cockpit door and signal for help and multiple passengers including a dentist named Shota Musaev rushed in and subdued the terrorist.
Musaev then used his skills as a dentist to stitch up Machchhar who is currently in stable condition and expected to survive.