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FlyDubai Suspends Israel Flights After Pilot Stabbed Mid-Flight

Original: 🟠 UPDATE FlyDubai Suspends Flights to Israel Following Mid-Flight Pilot Attack Identifies the victim of the mid-flight a

FlyDubai has suspended flights to Israel after a pilot was stabbed during a flight to Tel Aviv. The victim has been identified as Captain Smit Machchhar, who was attacked mid-flight by another pilot. The airline halted its Israel routes following the incident, which has drawn widespread attention to onboard security and the circumstances between the two crew members.

Why now: The unusual attack on a pilot mid-flight and the airline's subsequent suspension of Israel routes have drawn broad public and media attention.

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• 🟠 UPDATE FlyDubai Suspends Flights to Israel Following Mid-Flight Pilot Attack Identifies the victim of the mid-flight attack as Capt Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed by another pilot on a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv. 📰 https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje3r3… · GeoWire · 2

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