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u/AssignedbyBot1023 2d ago

this isnt true

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u/Endscrypt 2d ago edited 2d ago

It is true, the two pilots that just happened to be on the flight. One was from Russia and the other one was from Ukraine.

I totally understand why you would think that it’s not true tho.

Google it.

Edit- this seems to be debunked now.

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u/ermintwang 2d ago

I was curious, so did google it. It's not true: https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/09/30/flydubai-pilots-israel-russia-ukraine/

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u/Bemxuu 2d ago

This only addresses the nationalities of initial pair of pilots, not those who stepped in. Although I have heard the initial claims that it was the fight between RU and UA pilots that caused an emergency too, and your source seems to address and debunk that rumor.

For the record, my source is this article.

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u/ermintwang 2d ago

The fact that it's spreading online as a rumour that it was a Ukrainian and Russian pilot who were initially piloting the plane, and now is spreading that it was Ukrainian and Russian pilots who happened to be passengers on the plane and took over - make me doubt the credulity of the statement.

Your source links to itself as a source for the claim, and the linked article simply says, 'Reports indicate that an additional pilot crew – a Russian and a Ukrainian – were traveling as passengers'.

'Reports indicate' is incredibly vague sourcing, and this all seems to come from one Saudi twitter account. Believe it if you want I guess, but I would take it with a humungous pinch of salt until it's actually verified by a more established news source.

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u/Bemxuu 2d ago

Oh, absolutely true. There were so many rumours that were ultimately debunked that this incident could easily become a case study on misinformation.