# Pilot brawl, rapid descent: passengers recount chaos on flydubai flight

https://mins.news/en/item/80691

- Reuters, 2026-09-30 17:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.reuters.com/world/pilot-brawl-then-rapid-descent-passengers-recount-chaos-flydubai-flight-2026-09-30/?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6abd413fa32b78000172fd7f

> When flydubai flight FZ1073 plunged from above 30,000 feet on Wednesday, passenger Almog Italie said he first thought the aircraft was in “massive turbulence” before realizing that a life-or-death struggle had taken place in the cockpit.

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