# 'Prepared ourselves for the worst': FlyDubai passenger recounts moments during cockpit attack

https://mins.news/en/item/83497

- CBC News, 2026-10-02 12:57 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/flydubai-cockpit-passenger-amog-italie-9.7366638?cmp=rss

> Almog Italie and his family were flying home from a vacation in Japan when FlyDubai flight FZ1073 suddenly plunged. Italie was among 174 people aboard after one pilot allegedly stabbed the other in an attempt to crash the aircraft; the plane dropped 30,000 feet in less than 30 seconds.

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