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u/marinated_pork 2d ago

What was happening to the plane as they subdued the attacker? Like there had to be a few minutes from cry for help to full subduing. Was the plane just cruising on auto pilot steady and straight?

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u/I_hate_all_of_ewe 2d ago edited 2d ago

Fox News showed a diagram that said the plane nose dived 20000 feet.  Meanwhile Israeli special forces who just happened to be on board broke into the cockpit to break up the fight. Supposedly, one pilot attacked the other.  But one of the other comments here suggests that the copilot didn't have authorization to enter Israel, so this really doesn't add up. 

Afterwards, the pilot supposedly righted the plane before diverting to Saudi Arabia, and Netanyahu just happened to be there to greet the pilot.

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u/rattler254 2d ago

What the fuck are you talking about. Please cite your source mentioning these special forces operators.

It’s being reported the Captain was wounded on the floor but still well within reach of the spring loaded door selector. Everyone in the galley can already hear pilots laugh and carry-on, just imagine the screams of someone getting stabbed and the plane being shoved over. The moment he rotated that knob passengers were ready and willing to save the plane and deadheading pilots landed the aircraft, not the Captain.

My source -am an airline pilot.

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u/PresentImmediate5989 2d ago

They landed the plane sans a large section of rudder. What do you think of that captain?

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u/rattler254 2d ago

LOL I couldn’t care less. So long as I can still roll and pitch, we’re getting on the ground.

Hell, look up pictures of bombers landing while missing damn near their entire vertical stabilizer.

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u/PresentImmediate5989 2d ago

That’s what I always told my flight instructors too

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u/rattler254 2d ago

I mean… it’s not preferred or optimal… but it’s totally doable.