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Israel’s Netanyahu Says FlyDubai Hijacker Pilot Was From Oman
The FlyDubai pilot who tried to crash a plane going from Dubai to Tel Aviv was Omani, according to Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Israel’s Netanyahu Says FlyDubai Hijacker Pilot Was From Oman
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It could have been Israel’s 9/11. The media called it a ‘midair altercation’
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Israel’s Netanyahu Says FlyDubai Hijacker Pilot Was From Oman
The FlyDubai pilot who tried to crash a plane going from Dubai to Tel Aviv was Omani, according to Benjamin Netanyahu.
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It could have been Israel’s 9/11. The media called it a ‘midair altercation’
A FlyDubai flight headed toward Tel Aviv, Israel, nearly crashed on Wednesday after its Omani co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain while shouting “Allahu achbar” and took control of the plane carrying roughly 180 passengers, largely Israeli. If not for the heroism of those on board, an untold number of lives could have been lost in…
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Blood-Soaked Pilot Who Stopped Israel’s ‘9/11’ Speaks On Camera From Hospital Bed
The heroic Indian Flydubai aviator who saved the plane and its passengers from a Muslim terrorist opened up for the first time about the harrowing moment his own co-pilot turned on him in a brutal airborne stabbing frenzy. Despite bleeding out on the cockpit floor from horrific stab wounds, Captain Smit Machchhar summoned every last ...