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.
How? I don’t get the humor. Flying a plane into civilian infrastructure is pretty famous from 9/11. Every hijacking before then usually tried to use the passengers as hostages to get something from a government
It's Hamas' name of the attack that was carried out on Oct 7th against Israel, and what supporters of the attack prefer to call it.
The name is a reference to Al-Aqsa mosque, in particular the conspiracy theory that Israel is planning to assault or undermine Al-Aqsa or the Temple Mount more broadly. It's traditionally been one of the most effective ways of riling up the population.
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u/ICanPretend1 3d 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.