Pilot of Israel-bound FlyDubai flight tried to crash plane

18 pointsposted 5 hours ago
by alephnerd
(ft.com)

8 Comments

dingaling911

42 minutes ago

I read it was ukranian/russian pilots

jameshilliard

24 minutes ago

> I read it was ukranian/russian pilots

The apparent terrorist was the co-pilot who was Omani, the captain that the terrorist attacked was Indian.

alephnerd

24 minutes ago

That was fake news.

It was an Omani national co-pilot who stabbed his Indian-Emirati captain but was then overpowered by Israeli passengers along with South African and Kiwi backup pilots.

jameshilliard

16 minutes ago

> Indian-Emirati captain

I think he may have just been Indian, I did see some early reports listing him as an Emerati but the more recent reports appear only seem to list him as Indian.

> South African and Kiwi backup pilots

Was this confirmed? I didn't see a reliable source reporting on the nationality of the backup pilots.

afavour

10 minutes ago

And where did you read that? Is it more trustworthy than the Financial Times?

kelseyfrog

30 minutes ago

Like dual citizenship?

alephnerd

23 minutes ago

Doesn't matter. It was fake news that percolated right around the time the incident was reported.