# Flydubai pilot ‘stabbed or hit with an axe’ during hijack attempt

https://mins.news/en/video/82058

- CNN, 2026-10-01 14:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATsWl7P-eWg

> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Captain Smit Machchhar was “stabbed or hit with an axe” after the co-pilot allegedly attacked him aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The weapon has not been identified, though some reports suggest it may have been the aircraft’s cockpit crash axe.

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