On Flydubai Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, a co-pilot allegedly stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar in a suspected mid-air terror attack. An Israeli dentist and passengers restrained the assailant, the captain helped unlock the cockpit, and other crew landed the plane in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, saving all 180 aboard. Investigations probe the co-pilot’s motives, including possible Islamist radicalisation and foreign links.
