An Islamist attempted to hijack a plane and fly it into Israel. He was the co-pilot of a FlyDubai flight. He stabbed his co-pilot multiple times but was detained by Israelis while the plane was still in a nose-dive. The media reported this as a dispute between the two pilots, protecting the “Islam is the religion of peace” narrative. It has since come out he was an Islamist intending on murdering Israelis by crashing their plane in Israel.
Hero Pilot Stabbed During Terror Attack on Israel-Bound Jet Is Identified– slaynews.com
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The hero pilot repeatedly stabbed during Wednesday’s attempted terror attack aboard an Israel-bound passenger jet, fought his attacker and opened the cockpit door, allowing passengers and two off-duty pilots to retake control of the plunging aircraft.
Indian national Smit Machchhar was flying Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv when his Omani co-pilot attacked him with a knife in a chilling mid-air terrorist attack.
The attacker attempted to seize control of the Boeing 737 MAX 8.
Machchhar suffered serious injuries but survived.
The aircraft landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, and everyone aboard escaped alive.



