r/BeAmazed • u/sirholymafia • 13d ago
Miscellaneous / Others The pilot who saved 174 lives by fighting off a mid-air attack and recovering a Boeing 737 MAX from a fatal dive
A true hero! Captain Machchhar was severely wounded in an attack by his co-pilot who attempted to crash the aircraft. As the plane dropped thousands of feet, Machchhar fought back despite his injuries. He managed to open the cockpit door which let the passengers subdue the attacker.
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- It was not just him alone. Massive credit for those who subdued the attacker and to those who took control and landed the aircraft.
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u/paditoburrito 13d ago
I didn't realize it was the co-pilot! Incredible instinct and skill in the hero pilot and then also the brave passengers who fought back and worked together. It had me thinking of United 93 and how hard they fought back.
I'm so happy to hear this ending and that they all made it home safe.
Good job Captain Machchhar!! May you be blessed with a long happy life full of love and good fortune. What an excellent legacy and example to leave for others to follow.
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u/Accomplished-Run3925 12d ago
Yes, the co-pilot was an islamic terrorist from Oman that had been on the job for less than a year. It is still unknown if Iram had anything to do with it.
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u/PainSalty8910 12d ago
Interesting do you have an independent source you could share that is conclusive he was an islamist terrorists ? While the events are true I haven't seen any source that says its Islamic terror linked mind educating the rest of us?
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u/lookamazed 8d ago
Check the UAE news sources and Palestinian paper, Al-quds. He’s a terrorist. He's been named. Hamam al-Hammami, 29, Omani. He told interrogators he did it as revenge for Gaza and wanted to die a martyr. He planned it before FlyDubai hired him and picked them because they fly to Tel Aviv. Oman had already grounded him for extremism. The UAE calls it a terrorist act. Not a clash. Not a false flag.
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u/_Boodstain_ 11d ago
You’d be surprised how many people from the middle east hate those terrorists, terrorists are a minority and a dangerous one. If you’ve ever worked want a good example research about the Red Mosque and how Pakistani peoples have been consistently fighting against their existence. It’s like if a church in your town demanded children be sent for “education” and they come out brainwashed to kill for the church, kill any opponents of the church wether they are family or not, and have their declaration of death/violence memorized.
Chilling shit
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u/Logical_Box_4645 13d ago
So what's the deetz on the other pilot? Why isn't there any explanations for why he did it?
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u/sirholymafia 13d ago
Yeah waiting for an interim report. Theres absolute silence on the attacker.
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u/YTJuggs 12d ago
Israel, Oman , Palestine, Muslim, rhetorics. Connect the dots.
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u/M0ona 11d ago
Yahu, elections, recent UAE visit, you missed some dots buddy
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u/lookamazed 8d ago
He's been named. Hamam al-Hammami, 29, Omani. He told interrogators he did it as revenge for Gaza and wanted to die a martyr. He planned it before FlyDubai hired him and picked them because they fly to Tel Aviv. Oman had already grounded him for extremism. The UAE calls it a terrorist act. Not a clash. Not a false flag.
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u/Logical_Box_4645 13d ago
This is too serious a topic to make be burst out laughing like that, take your upvote and get out of here
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u/foggypanth 12d ago
Extremist Buddhism is totally a thing, which is crazy to even say, but the world is confused enough that of course it exists
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u/Barium_Salts 12d ago
Yeah, isn't the current genocide against the Rohingya in Myanmar being carried out by Buddhists? Pol Pot and the Khmar Rouge were also Buddhists.
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u/Annonomon 13d ago
Na, this looks like a textbook Amish terrorist attack to me
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u/Justin_Passing_7465 13d ago
Was there a "Slow Moving Vehicle" triangle on the back of the plane?
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u/Annonomon 13d ago edited 12d ago
Must have been. The countless Amish attacks that I have seen have almost always been exclusively carried out using slow moving vehicles. Their usual MO is to crash a tractor into an iStore, but other than that, this is exactly the same.
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u/lookamazed 13d ago edited 8d ago
An Omani national. He said he wanted to kill everyone onboard. Intelligence services say they believe he was a lone wolf and not acting on orders (such as from Islamic Republic of Iran or one of their cells, or ISIS). But Saudi Arabia is in charge of the interrogation and they are coordinating with UAE.
UPDATE: He's been named. Hamam al-Hammami, 29, Omani. He told interrogators he did it as revenge for Gaza and wanted to die a martyr. He planned it before FlyDubai hired him and picked them because they fly to Tel Aviv. Oman had already grounded him for extremism. The UAE calls it a terrorist act. Not a clash. Not a false flag.
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u/wakaluli 13d ago
I didn't realise Omani passport holders could enter Israel. even then as a co-pilot the company should've released his full details and make sure an example is made of him
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u/lookamazed 13d ago edited 9d ago
Saudi Arabia stated the Omani copilot should not have been on the plane at all, due to that agreement. It does raise questions.
Saudi officials refused to even let El Al extract the passengers. They wanted to keep this as neutral as possible.
The passengers understandably had serious doubts about getting on any aircraft other than Israeli completing their journey to Tel Aviv, as they had just survived a harrowing experience and did not want to risk it, in case it was part of a more elaborate operation to abduct them. Saudi insisted on using their own people, and after some time vetting, the passengers were able to depart Tabuk on a new FlyDubai flight and complete their journey without any further incident.
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u/eestindian 13d ago
the passengers were able to depart Riyadh and complete their flight without any further incident.
Flydubai sent another aircraft which took (most of?) passengers to Tel Aviv.
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u/Show-Me-Your-Moves 12d ago
I don't think I'd be getting on another plane right after that... I'll just walk home, thanks.
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u/bateen618 12d ago
They can't. That's being investigated in Israel right now how it happened. He probably had another nationality he used
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u/Bandai_Namco_Rat 12d ago
They're not supposed to be allowed to enter but apparently they have dozens of times from UAE flights. It's a colossal fuck up.
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u/Guy-1nc0gn1t0 12d ago
That's basically what Netanyahu said. Here I thought that pilots would already be held to a high degree of screening.
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u/big-hogs 13d ago
We all know he’s a subhuman piece of shit who deserves life imprisonment underground with no light and contact with anyone.
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u/Trumpologist 12d ago
The Saudis are doing the interrogation
Death would be a mercy
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u/TheLimeyLemmon 12d ago
Yes but it would help to know who he is and wider connections. Lone wolf? We don't know, and if he isn't the network behind him needs to be backtraced. Who set this up?
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u/Semisemitic 12d ago
To kill the Jewish passengers on board and be celebrated as a martyr while committing suicide for a completely unrelated reason
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u/Cultural-Company282 13d ago
There's an explanation. It's just that nobody is saying it out loud.
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u/Final_Friendship_788 13d ago
He wanted to become a Shahid and take down more than 100 Israelis with him.
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u/Tetratheon 13d ago
It was a flight full of Israelis heading to Israel, he would have had clearance to enter Israeli airspace. I don't know how much more obvious it can get.
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u/HollieBobs91 13d ago edited 13d ago
The actions of the severely injured pilot, and the passengers who helped are equally the reason this wasn’t a catastrophic disaster. All involved should be immensely proud
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u/nio-sama123 12d ago
And the funny part that the two passengers who helped the pilot to fly the plane when the pilot was injured was a Russian and an Ukrainian.
In crisis, human gotta put their beef down to save their life.
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u/lumm0r 13d ago
While also fighting the Boeing 737 MAX natural tendency to want to crash.
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u/composedofidiot 13d ago
He was able to open the cabin door to let crew and passengers in, according to the guardian, and luckily there were two relief pilots on board. The guardian said he was injured so badly by this stage, that the very fact he was able to unlock the door to let them in was incredible itself. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/hero-pilot-stabbed-flydubai-plane-flight-israel
It was a hero team from the guardian report. One passenger pulled back on the controls before a relief pilot was able to take over...
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u/International-Mix633 12d ago
Seems like these locked door are causing more attacks than preventing them. There were 2 other cases of suicide by pilot that were enabled by the locked doors.
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u/composedofidiot 12d ago
Interesting point - second order effects. Shit ain't easy. Doors need to be able to open or lock in different contexts.
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u/Available_Base_7944 13d ago
I’m flying today bro please
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u/teener23 12d ago
The 737 MAX is an extremely safe aircraft, I’ve flown on them countless times. You will be alright my friend :)
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u/ChadUSECoperator 13d ago
Naturally, any airliner would love to crash if you nose dive to the point of losing 15000 feet in 30 seconds.
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u/Random-commen 13d ago
I think he was referencing to Boeing’s pretty-fucking-criminal engine mounting and that counter-act software implementing decisions.
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u/Justin_Passing_7465 13d ago
The MCAS debacle. Part of the criminality was having one angle-of-attack sensor feeding the MCAS, especially when there were two AoA sensors on the aircraft, but the MCAS was only evaluating one of them.
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u/created4this 13d ago
That was a flaw, but the thing that was criminal was not actually telling the pilots that is how the system worked, and how to turn it off, and training them for it.
If the pilots had been trained in this system then no planes would have crashed, the system would have applied incorrect trim, the pilots would have shut it off and trimmed the plane themselves and landed with no incident.
The planes aren't inherently unstable, MCAS just makes them easier to fly, they fly fine perfectly safely without it.
And to your point, the MCAS was wired to both sensors and swapped between them every flight, it would have been trivially easy to turn off or limit the ability of MACS if the sensors disagreed.
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u/Black_Mamba265 13d ago edited 13d ago
I forget but didn’t they also not have any pilots trained on how to mitigate that error? As I recall some of those pilots who lost their lives got blamed by Boeing even tho they didn’t train them
And ofc MCAS being dodgy asf
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u/Gonzinooo 13d ago edited 12d ago
He’s a hero!! 100%. But the facts are a bit different. He fought the co pilot up until he managed to get the door. Then a passenger ( Israeli ) who had basic IDF exp, subdued the Co pilot and pushed the steering wheel ( or something like that, I’m not a pilot ) up to get the plane off the nose dive. Which he said he learned from TV shows/Movies. At which point. 2nd British passenger/pilot off duty ( not sure if works for same company but some are saying he was on layover ) who was actually a pilot took over and landed the plane with help.
The original pilot was unconscious and treated by a veterinarian or vet assistant who was on board until they landed.
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u/Malayali_Ron_Swanson 13d ago edited 13d ago
They have done this because the cockpit door was opened by captain Smit from inside none of this have happend if he haven't done that.
It's literally impossible for anyone from outside to open the doors other than pilots.
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u/Pitiful_Jump2996 13d ago
Smit not Smith. He's Indian
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u/Constant_Natural3304 12d ago
Smit not Smith. He's Indian
Hate to break it to you buddy, but Smit is a Dutch surname. Our hero is clearly Dutch.
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u/Silver___Chariot 12d ago
I’m Indian and my middle name can be found in both Germany and Kannada-speaking regions of India. The two respective versions have no relations whatsoever and mean very different things
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u/Constant_Natural3304 12d ago
Nonsense. Take a look at this man and tell me you cannot sense that he's wearing wooden shoes, albeit just out of frame.
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u/Silver___Chariot 12d ago
You’re absolutely right my good sir, how could I have missed that? What a blunder on my part. Carry on
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u/kittyonkeyboards 13d ago
Honestly don't know what we do for maximum threat protection now. I understand the intention of the door being locked from passengers after 9/11, but since 9/11 passengers know to fight back.
This isn't the only instance of pilots doing terrorism. There was a German one in 2015 and all it took was the copilot locking the pilot out.
Maybe the cockpit should be difficult but not impossible to break into. Otherwise it's immediate game over if a pilot locks out another pilot.
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u/Subject_Health_5323 12d ago
Since the Germanwings, at least two people must be in the cockpit at any time. When one pilot needs out, a flight attendant comes in. The door can be open when both pilots are incapacitated (there's a dead-man's switch).
But if one rogue pilot incapacitates the other person in the cabin, or if both of them cooperate on the act, that's currently a blind spot. Very improbable though, and I can't think of a precaution that wouldn't cause a bigger risk.
There are rarely any other pilots on the flight, so even if you can enter the cabin, it won't give you much chances, other than maybe steering it away from the populated areas.
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u/BazingaQQ 13d ago
The German wasn't an act of terrorism, it was mental health.
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u/CalmBeneathCastles 12d ago
"I'm going to crash the plane" is all the same where door accessibility is concerned.
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u/BazingaQQ 12d ago
My point entirely. No point stopping the guy with knife if the guy with depression is the one who's going to kill people.
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u/kittyonkeyboards 13d ago
It might not have been politically motivated, but with their death toll of their suicide I would argue it was a terrorism.
Either way, that just makes it worse. Instead of having to only be worried about terrorist copilots, we have to worry about mental health break copilots.
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u/syboor 13d ago
> It's literally impossible for anyone from outside to open the doors other than pilots.
Not true. It's possible for the flight crew to get in with their (secret) emergency code if the pilots are incapacitated. The pilots need to press a button within 30 seconds after the emergency code is used to stop the door from opening. The pilots can then disable further use of the emergency code for 5 minutes. But after 5 minutes the cabin crew can try again and the pilots again need to respond again to prevent access.
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u/Immediate_Shake3195 12d ago
Sounds like it's impossible if the pilots don't want you getting in still
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u/SomewhereHot4527 12d ago
Seems pretty clear to me that the risk is higher now that the pilots could be the threat. I remember another case where 1 of the pilots wanted to commit suicide and waited for the other pilot to exit the cockpit before locking everybody out and crashing the plane.
Just put like 25 buttons that need to be pressed at the same time throughout the plane so that it is impossible for only a few hijackers to use them, but allows the passengers to open it if there is an overwhelming number of people that want to open the door.
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u/sphinxofblackquartzj 13d ago
The head FA on board should have a way to open it from the outside.
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u/Vegeta_vs_Goku 12d ago
Yep, it is also shown in the movie Chariot (2013) where the seven strangers wake up aboard a passenger plane in mid-flight, with no idea how they got there, and try various methods to enter the cockpit (in hopes to stop the plane) but fail until the very end, where they trick the pilot as the cockpit has cameras they can see of passengers. Really great movie to watch.
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u/lookamazed 13d ago edited 8d ago
This is the most inaccurate retelling I’ve seen. It’s documented that a dentist stabilized Captain Smit. He was stabbed by the Omani co-pilot. Saudi Arabia said the Omani pilot shouldn’t have been on that flight. The co-pilot, who somehow smuggles a weapon onboard in Dubai, stabbed Captain Smit in an effort to hijack the plane and kill everyone on the aircraft by crashing it. Those poor people.
Where did you hear the rest? Two trained reserve pilots took over.
An Israeli plumber initially took control of the stick to stop the nose dive. They went from 34,000 ft to about 14,000 ft in a blink.
The point is that none of that could have happened without Captain Smit Machahhar fighting through multiple stab wounds to open that cockpit door so help could arrive. If he hesitated for a moment and did not make it to the door, then we would have a very different headline. His bravery is truly amazing.
Truly bizarre.
Edit: UPDATE: He's been named. Hamam al-Hammami, 29, Omani. He told interrogators he did it as revenge for Gaza and wanted to die a martyr. He planned it before FlyDubai hired him and picked them because they fly to Tel Aviv. Oman had already grounded him for extremism. The UAE calls it a terrorist act. Not a clash. Not a false flag.
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u/Circumstancer 13d ago
Does this contradict what he said though? Both comments seem to be saying the same thing
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u/Alarming-Cow299 13d ago
The version I heard had a pair of Jews from Russia and Ukraine respectively subdue then pilot the plane.
It's crazy how literally every person has a different story.
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u/Liawuffeh 13d ago
The version I heard had a pair of Jews from Russia and Ukraine respectively subdue then pilot the plane.
The first hour or so after the incident folks were saying it was the co-pilot and pilot who were Russian and Ukrainian, with the Russian attacking the Ukrainian, with folks speculating it was a Russian attack.
Kinda wild how fast misinfo spreads haha
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u/rebel_alliance05 13d ago
I thought it was a butcher
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u/Ramentootles 13d ago
I thought it was a dentist?
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u/early_birdy 13d ago
Musaev Shota, a dentist by profession, was one of four passengers who first rushed toward the cockpit aboard Flight FZ1073 as the Omani co-pilot allegedly tried to crash the aircraft. After helping overpower and restrain the suspected attacker, Shota was the first person who treated Machchhar, providing emergency medical treatment that helped save his life.
TLDR: the article goes on to describe the (horrific) wounds of Captain Smit, and how Dr Shota (dentist) was able to stabilize him until the plane landed. Captain Smit was transferred to a hospital in Tabuk City in northwest Saudi Arabia and is receiving necessary medical treatment.
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u/zzapdk 13d ago
Not to be overly pedantic about it, but don’t you PULL the yoke of an airplane backwards to get it out of a nose dive?
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u/AristotleanBiology 13d ago
Sure. As long as you’re not inverted. Gotta keep the brown side down, yanno?
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u/sirholymafia 13d ago
Woahh, I did not know that. Crazy. To imagine what people went through in that aircraft. And they were moved again on another plane. Everyone walking around with massive balls.
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u/Educational_Gas_92 12d ago
I wouldn't have boarded a second plane, honestly. Bus/boat/car/bicycle/walking...I would get to destination in a different way. You couldn't force me into a new plane.
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u/Specialist-Front-007 13d ago
Israeli flights always have armed "Marshalls" on board. Surely this wasn't some random ex-IDF soldier
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u/babagas 13d ago
As of now, what's known to us is that 4 Israeli passengers managed to subdue the terrorist and stabilize the aircraft: a plumber who was inspired by the Mayday TV show about aircraft mishaps, a dentist immigrant from Georgia, an insurance salesman and a CEO of some finance-related company. completely eclectic bunch of Joe's.
Also, stating that they're ex-IDF is already misleading; ALL Israeli's are ex-IDF, but that doesn't mean much. People fail to understand how big of an organization the IDF is, and requires huge amounts of logistics and operations personnel. You can be drafted as a cook, an HR representative, a clerk at a convenience store in an army base, firefighter, etc. So serving in the IDF doesn't immediately make you a Krav Maga black belt.
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u/Xeonerium 12d ago
This is truly heroic shit from everyone involved, they should be praised for the rest of their lives.
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u/helskull 12d ago
I can smell a Jason Statham movie in the works already. “The Pilot”
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u/chortogrower 13d ago
now the other pilot was british? why is this story all over the place with different nationalities?
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u/IdealBlueMan 13d ago
According to the AP, one of the replacement pilots was British, and the other was European (unspecified). The guy who dragged the first officer out of the cockpit and subdued him was Israeli. He then pulled the plane out of its precipitous dive before the replacement crew could get there.
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u/joesnopes 13d ago
The most likely accurate story is that the pilots were positioning Fly Dubai crew. Many of them will be expat pilots - so British, European, etc.
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u/thillerod 12d ago
The pilot that was attacked didn't land the plane. There were two other pilots on board that landed the plane after passengers subdued the attacker
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u/checkedem 13d ago
You may want to get your facts checked. Because the stabbed captain DID NOT recover the plane on his own.
“Two off-duty pilots then took control of the plane and made an emergency landing at an airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.”
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u/JuniorMintClub 12d ago
Interrogated in Saudi Arabia doesn't sound like it will be merely asking questions then respecting silence when he asks for a lawyer
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u/Bad_Edditor8910 12d ago
On a high profile case such as this, Saudi Arabia has no intention on being the center of attention in a matter that doesn't concern it much. The guy is not a Saudi national for him to disappear.
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u/rovingtravler 13d ago
He was stabbed in the fight. He kicked the lock off the door and a passenger pushed through and subdued the co-pilot who was destroying electronics. Another passenger pulled back on the flight controls until the relief pilot from the airline came into the cockpit and took over the flight. The original captain is a hero unfortunately he was in no condition to pull the plane out of the dive.
YouTube video of passenger telling the story. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq7jV3p6Bzk#bottom-sheet
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u/lookamazed 13d ago
Incredible. A real hero. To be stabbed multiple times and still be able to open the cockpit door for help… may he heal quickly and fully.
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u/sirholymafia 13d ago
Just crazy to imagine what was avoided yesterday. The world would have never forgotten the day had the co-pilot succeeded.
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u/Altruistic_Jelly594 13d ago
The fact that 174 people got to go home because of those few minutes is incredible.
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u/SmallNoBigYes 13d ago
I'm gonna say it.
If you are known to have extremist views you should be deemed mentally incapable to fly a plane immediately
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u/Guy-1nc0gn1t0 12d ago
You think he'd admitted to extremist views??
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u/Schmikas 12d ago
It’s like those immigration forms that ask you if you’re a criminal
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u/JuxepeQ 12d ago
I was so amazed that they asked people were affiliated with any human trafficking organisations or organ harvesting.
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u/SirSoliloquy 12d ago
They do it because it's easier to convict you for lying on a federal form than it is to convict you of committing those crimes.
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u/ExtendoArmCannon 12d ago
The fact this was downvoted means I think that redditors really do want a 'minority report' deal
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u/YanicPolitik 12d ago
Tbf omani nationals aren't eligible to fly into Israel so I'm waiting to hear how that mixup was allowed to slide
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u/mangojuice_84 12d ago
True but they’re not going to admit it initially aren’t they? The point is the keep it hidden then surprise us with a terrorist attack
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u/sirholymafia 13d ago
Lets maybe give the credit to Situational Awareness? There were statements made that one of the 2 reserve pilots were completely in a state of shock and froze. Not confirmed though. But highly possible considering human factors.
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u/JColey15 13d ago
That report was from an eyewitness who said they only moved after she yelled and encouraged him so I wouldn’t give it much creedence.
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u/CalmBeneathCastles 12d ago edited 12d ago
The freeze response is such a bad deal. You never know what you're gonna do until you're in an emergency, and then you get blamed for a biological predisposition.
I'm a fighter, but that doesn't mean I necessarily have any particular skill at it, and it feels like going on autopilot. If I was a freezer, I'm sure it would feel the same, and it's not something you necessarily choose (even though it's frustrating to watch for people who aren't).
I remember the story of a woman who was attacked by a vicious dog with her husband and his little niece and nephew. He ran and shut the gate behind him, trapping them in a fence with the dog. She had to eliminate the dog to save the kids, and things were not okay in their relationship after that. I have to wonder if he wasn't just a "flighter", who reacted on autopilot before he gained control of himself. The world may never know!
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u/Academic_Flatworm752 12d ago
That’s the point of training for emergencies, so your muscle memory overrides the response.
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u/Kore_Invalid 13d ago
Do we know why his copilot went nuts and tryed to crash the airplane?
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u/SmallNoBigYes 13d ago
He's an extremist and has a history of it.
It's insane how he still has a license despite the fact
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u/DeathGP 13d ago
You be surprised, some airlines are very relaxed on those rules
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u/bannedagainomg 12d ago
They claim he wasnt supposed to be on the plane, we will probably figure out how he got there eventually when more are released.
I have no clue how aircraft pilots work if they can even change shifts with each other or not.
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u/CalligrapherOther510 12d ago
He was mad over a UAE-Israel flight and hated Israel.
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u/Mean_Concentrate5248 13d ago
All we know is his nationality , he is from oman
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u/MiyagiJunior 12d ago
Because he was a terrorist who tried to commit an atrocious act and kill a large number of people?
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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 13d ago
The plane was heading for Tel Aviv. He probably saved way more than 174 lives.
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u/Hopeful-Camp3099 12d ago
The second a hijacked plane gets remotely close to Tel Aviv is the second an f15 blowing it up no questions asked.
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u/WrathOfTheKressh 12d ago
Yeah, you can even see on the flight radar that it was nearly there, but turned around and headed for a Saudi airport instead. Maybe there is a reasonable explanation for this, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was a precaution to avoid getting shot down.
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u/bannedagainomg 12d ago
Probably but the hijiacking code was already alerted, they would have been shot down if it wasnt resolved in the air.
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u/_Happy_Camper 12d ago
Live. In front of the whole world. An Israeli jet has to shoot down a plane load of innocent people, including many Jews.
That’s not a win. That’s a terrible choice for the IDF to make, and at least as bad as the plane hitting Tel Aviv in some ways
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u/bob- 13d ago
Nah the plane was heading for the ground
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u/_Happy_Camper 12d ago
I suspect it only went into the dive when Mr Smit refused to fucking die. He saved more than just the passengers on the plane
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u/Timetraveler1001 12d ago
Even the pilots on CNN debunked it last night. Wake up people
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u/Achilles720 13d ago
I can't wait to see the documentary about this shit. How completely fuckin bonkers.
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u/spooon56 12d ago
Can we learn more about the copilot. Does he have a belief system that one can pinpoint so we can avoid this happening again?
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u/Winter_Apartment_376 13d ago
Your comment is the FIRST (and I have been reading a lot about this) that mentions pilot’s nationality!
I’ve read plenty about the stabber, about the nationalities of those that took over (and even helped!), but no one indeed bothers mentioning the biggest hero himself.
Food for thoughts indeed, thanks for sharing!
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u/Zephyr-Knight 13d ago
the door safety device almost killed more people like germanwings did... its time they look at that system again
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u/Reasonable-Put-2323 12d ago
That guy managed to have the presence of mind to unlock a secure door during a point blank knife fight in which he was being repeatedly slashed up and stabbed. Whilst at the same time the plane was plummeting more than ten thousand feet in thirty seconds.
The only reason anyone on that plane survived.
If you ever wanted to put a statue up for someone. This guy right here.
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u/sharker76 12d ago
Another crazy thing is that the terrorist pilot kept trying to destroy the flight instruments while passengers fought him
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u/belly_rub 12d ago
This was a flight from Dubai to Israel, most of the passengers were Israelis. The co-pilot is from Oman. This is most likely a terror attack
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