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Incident on Flydubai flight: fight between pilots and attempted hijacking

An incident occurred on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv involving a fight between pilots. One pilot attempted suicide, leading to a struggle in the cockpit and a loss of altitude.

In brief

  • One pilot attempted suicide during the flight.
  • Passengers intervened in the fight between the pilots on board.
  • The Flydubai aircraft lost over 4 km of altitude in a short time.
  • The aircraft made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after the incident.
  • The pilots on board were of Omani and Emirati descent.
Covered by 2 of 6 media groups
  • Budgetno reports
  • Public moneyno reports
  • Media business6
  • Big capital2
  • Readers and grantsno reports
  • Undisclosedno reports

Not covered by: budget, public money, readers and grants, undisclosed.

What are media groups?

Share of reports by media group
GroupShareCount
Media business
  • Newsroom 10
  • Commentary 1
79%11 items
Big capital
  • Newsroom 3
21%3 items

How we count media groups — Methodology

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