Pilot Found Bleeding Heavily... Passengers Prevented Disaster

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A passenger plane heading to Jerusalem made an emergency landing yesterday (September 30). It was reported that the co-pilot stabbed the captain with a weapon and attempted to forcibly crash the plane, but it was the passengers who prevented a disaster.

Here is a report from Paris by Correspondent Kwon Yeongin.

[Reporter]

The interior of the passenger plane shakes violently as passengers scream.

A person covered in blood lies on the floor, as if a severe struggle had taken place.

Yesterday morning local time, a brawl broke out between pilots on a flydubai passenger plane flying from Dubai to Jerusalem.

The aircraft, which even transmitted Code 7500—used for emergency situations such as a hijacking—momentarily disappeared from flight tracking systems, prompting claims of a hijacking. Fortunately, it made an emergency landing at a military airport in Saudi Arabia.

[Almog Italy / Passenger]: "The plane nose-dived for 20 to 30 seconds as if it hit massive turbulence, and then it regained its balance."

The Israeli government stated that the co-pilot stabbed the captain with a weapon and attempted to forcibly crash the plane.

However, passengers and crew members forcibly broke open the cockpit door and subdued the co-pilot.

[Passenger]: "We are on the plane right now. We have subdued the terrorists and are about to land. If anyone can hear me, we need help."

Among the passengers was a doctor, allowing injured individuals including the captain to receive emergency treatment. It was reported that a reserve pilot on board took over the controls to pull the plane out of its sudden dive and avert a crisis.

All 180 passengers and crew members landed without major injuries, and eight hours after the emergency landing, the passengers boarded a replacement flight and arrived at their destination in Israel.

Currently, both the captain and the co-pilot are receiving treatment at a hospital in Saudi Arabia.

Colleagues have testified that the co-pilot, who is from Oman and joined flydubai 8 months ago, typically exhibited religious extremist tendencies.

Saudi authorities, having secured custody of the co-pilot, plan to investigate the circumstances of the incident and whether any accomplice forces were involved.

(Video Editing: Kim Jong-mi)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.