In a week that’s seen the heroism heralded, of the captain, crew and passengers on board FlyDubai flight 1073, eye witnesses report seeing the co-pilot trying to kill the pilot, and destroying the cockpit controls in order to crash the plane. Despite being stabbed repeatedly Captan Smit Machchhar managed to open the door allowing passengers to overwhelm the suspect and regain control of the aircraft after its rapid descent of more than 14,000 feet in 30 seconds. They prevented a 9/11 style catastrophe said Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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