Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 10:20am on 03 Oct 2026,Saturday International
A six-year-old girl’s request to use the lavatory helped raise the alarm during the September 30 attack aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. As the girl and her mother approached the cockpit, they reportedly heard shouting and alerted nearby passengers. Indian Captain Smit Machchhar had been attacked and stabbed by the co-pilot and was struggling to open the cockpit door. After Machchhar managed to open it, passengers entered the cockpit and helped overpower the attacker. The aircraft had rapidly descended during the incident before reserve pilots took control and diverted it to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. All passengers and crew survived.
