# Narrowly avoided terror attack **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 30, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowly-avoided-terror-attack/1033485 "2026-09-30T12:59:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowly-avoided-terror-attack/1033485/1 "2026-09-30T12:59:43Z")
A FlyDubai plane headed to Israel made an emergency landing on Saudi Arabia after one of the pilots stabbed his copilot and tried to crash the plane. Luckily, he tried to push the stabbed copilot out of the cockpit which allowed passengers to rush in and subdue him, but the plane lost 17,000 feet in altitude during the altercation. [https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/30/world/live-news/dubai-israel-plane-flydubai-intl](https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/30/world/live-news/dubai-israel-plane-flydubai-intl) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowly-avoided-terror-attack/1033485/2 "2026-09-30T13:15:56Z")
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/narrowly-avoided-terror-attack/1033485/3 "2026-09-30T13:16:26Z")
See here: [Blood at 35,000 feet: possible hijacking attempt on flight to Israel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blood-at-35-000-feet-possible-hijacking-attempt-on-flight-to-israel/1033484)