FlyDubai co-pilot used crash ax in ‘terrorist’ cockpit attack, Emirates says

By ISMAEEL NAAR and AARON BOXERMAN The co-pilot who stabbed the captain of an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight last week used an emergency crash ax in an effort to take over the plane, an official in the United Arab Emirates said Saturday, describing the attack as a “terrorist operation.” “The co-pilot initiated the execution of his plot during the flight, assaulting the pilot inside the cockpit using an emergency crash ax and attempting to take control of the aircraft’s flight controls,” Hamad…

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