# Terror in Skies: FlyDubai Pilot Stabs Colleague as Passengers Intervene

https://mins.news/en/video/80857

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-09-30 18:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-vRSlTqfTw

> A FlyDubai pilot carrying more than 170 passengers to Tel Aviv stabbed his colleague and allegedly tried to crash the aircraft. The plane plunged more than 14,000 feet in under 30 seconds before a passenger and crew members entered the cockpit and stabilized it. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a serious security incident.

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