18,000 Feet in 90 Seconds: Inside Flydubai's Near-Catastrophe

When the cockpit became a battleground: The FlyDubai ordeal and the fragility of flight

There are few places in the modern world where control is more absolute-or more fragile-than inside an aircraft cockpit at cruising altitude. Behind a reinforced door, two pilots are entrusted with hundreds of lives, operating a machine that can cross borders and continents in hours. The assumption is simple: the people inside the cockpit are […]

Minute-by-minute data reveals how the flydubai chaos unfolded

The plane made an emergency landing after an alleged attack by one pilot on another

18,000 feet in 90 seconds: Inside Flydubai's near-catastrophe

Flydubai flight FZ 1073 has become known around the world for a disaster that was only just averted. Find out more.

Flydubai Plunges 18,000 Feet After What Happened In Cockpit - Patriot Newsfeed

A Flydubai flight to Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a co-pilot allegedly stabbed the pilot, prompting Israeli officials to call it a terror attack.

Inside FlyDubai’s 4-hour ordeal: A cockpit fight, steep descents and alternating distress codes

This is a timeline of the four hours FlyDubai flight 1073 was in the air as a wounded captain fought off his copilot, the aircraft went into a dive and when passengers saved the day by regaining control and landing safely. For 200 seconds, the aircraft zigzagged as if on...

Inside FlyDubai's 4-hour ordeal: A cockpit fight, steep descents and alternating distress codes - THE LOCAL REPORT ARTICLES

This is a timeline of the four hours FlyDubai flight 1073 was in the air as a wounded captain fought off his copilot, the aircraft went into a dive and when passengers saved the day by regaining control and landing safely. Inside FlyDubai’s 4-hour ordeal: A cockpit fight, steep descents and alternating distress codes For ...