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Flydubai 1073: When the Threat Is in the Cockpit
Episode 5669
Published 6 days, 18 hours ago
Description
On September 30, 2026, Flydubai Flight 1073 plunged from 34,000 feet over the Jordan–Saudi border after a first officer attacked his captain with a knife. The captain, bleeding, got the cockpit door open. Passengers and off-duty crew subdued the attacker, a plumber pulled back on the yoke, and the jet landed in Tabuk — missing most of its rudder. This episode unpacks the corrected record, the insider threat problem that post-9/11 aviation security was never built to solve, and what the Germanwings and FedEx 705 precedents actually teach us about trusting the person in the other seat.
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