
Co-Pilot Accused of Trying to Seize Passenger Jet
UAE prosecutors say a Flydubai co-pilot attacked Captain Smit Machchhar with a crash axe, an emergency cockpit tool, to seize a Dubai to Tel Aviv flight with more than 170 aboard. Machchhar was stabbed and is stable in an Abu Dhabi hospital. Prosecutors say the motive is still under investigation.
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