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Hail the heroes who stopped a terrorist pilot from committing a 9/11-style attack

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Post Editorial Board. (2026, September 30). Hail the heroes who stopped a terrorist pilot from committing a 9/11-style attack. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/09/30/opinion/hail-the-heroes-who-foiled-a-terrorist-pilots-mass-murder-bid/

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The article celebrates the actions of the pilot, crew, and passengers who intervened during a hijacking attempt on FlyDubai 1073 bound for Tel Aviv. The co-pilot, believed to be motivated by extremist ideologies, stabbed the pilot but was subdued with the help of other passengers and crew members, preventing what could have been a catastrophic attack. Despite media outlets initially downplaying it as an altercation, the piece argues that this event highlights unity and international cooperation in thwarting terrorist threats.

Written by AI on 2026-09-30, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On September 30, 2026, a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv signaled an emergency and was diverted to land at Tabuk airport in Saudi Arabia. The incident initially raised concerns about a possible hijacking, prompting Israel to scramble warplanes. However, Israeli officials later reported that the emergency signals were due to a physical altercation between the plane's two pilots rather than a hijacking attempt.

The flight, identified as Flydubai Flight FZ1073, transmitted multiple emergency alerts after takeoff and over Jordanian airspace before landing safely in Saudi Arabia. Passengers on board managed to overpower the attacker, who was later identified by UAE officials as Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami. Al-Hammami allegedly attempted to crash the plane into Tel Aviv's airport but was stopped by passengers.

UAE Attorney-General Hamad Saif al-Shamsi stated that signs of al-Hammami’s radicalization first emerged in 2017 while he was studying engineering at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. He reportedly became influenced by extremist literature and online content glorifying terrorist organizations during this period.

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Hooray for the brave pilot, passengers and crew of Tel Aviv-bound FlyDubai 1073 who foiled its co-pilot’s evil attempt to murder his captain and — in all likelihood — crash the plane into an Israeli city or monument, killing everyone aboard. asserted

who → bind → everyone

The maniac’s strike right after the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and a few days before the third anniversary of the Oct. 7 slaughter was an obvious terror attack, likely inspired by pro-Hamas or Islamist sympathies. asserted

strike → inspire → sympathies

We know that the co-pilot stabbed pilot Smit Machchhar (an Indian national), who despite serious wounds managed to open the cabin door, alerting crew and passengers. asserted

who → know → crew

As the plane entered a tailspin, plummeting 15,000 feet in just two minutes, a crewmember and passenger managed to squeeze into the cockpit and forcibly subdue the co-pilot, who was trying to disable the plane’s controls. asserted

who → enter → controls

Luckily, two other pilots were aboard and landed the plane in Saudi Arabia. asserted

pilots → land → Arabia

By a miracle, everyone survived, with the hero pilot’s injuries being treated. asserted

injuries → survive → miracle

This was the happy sequel to Flight 93: Somewhere, Todd Beamer & Co. are surely cheering their heirs. asserted

Beamer → cheer → heirs

Yet prestige media were remarkably slow to acknowledge the obvious aspects of the story: “A plane flying from Dubai to Israel was diverted after an altercation between the pilot and co-pilot,” posted The New York Times. asserted

Times → acknowledge → pilot

That’s like describing the JFK assassination as a collision between his head and a small flying object. asserted

That → ’ → head

The Times later sniffed, “unlike activists and partisans, we don’t publish speculation or unverified information.” uncertain

we → sniff → speculation

Insisting it was racist and unscientific to ask if COVID leaked from a lab? asserted

COVID → insist → lab

At least one bright spot shines through here: the unified response of the Indian pilot, international crew and Israeli passengers — on an Emirati plane over Saudi airspace — in acting quickly to foil the would-be mass killing. asserted

spot → shin → killing

That’s the real “united nations” in action, not the vacuous gabfest that just finished in New York. asserted

that → ’ → York

Hail the heroes who stopped a terrorist pilot from committing a 9/11-style attack

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