# ‘They are murdering the pilot!’: Mother recalls alarm over FlyDubai cockpit attack

https://mins.news/en/video/85564

- Global News, 2026-10-04 17:53 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s2Znm6HqJY

> Tali Berkovich-Manes, an Israeli mother travelling with her husband and three daughters, says she witnessed a cockpit attack on a Sept. 30 FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. While waiting for her six-year-old daughter outside the washroom, she saw the co-pilot attacking Captain Smit Machchhar and shouted for help before the plane plunged and her family feared for their lives.

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