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“Mayday” executive producer reacts to passenger who said show helped him stabilize FlyDubai plane

Alex Bystram, the executive producer of “Mayday,” was discussing a future episode with co-workers when he learned that one of his show’s viewers was a passenger on the terrifying FlyDubai Flight 1073, and used what he saw in the series to help stabilize the plane.  “If, incidentally, someone picked up a tip about something they…

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What we’re learning about the FlyDubai co-pilot who allegedly stabbed the captain and tried to crash the plane

One day after a FlyDubai co-pilot made a violent attempt to crash the passenger aircraft and was subdued by passengers and other crew members, questions about his identity and motive continued to swirl Thursday.  The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was approaching Israel when the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the flight captain and attempted to crash…

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Flydubai passengers recount terrifying ordeal as pilot allegedly attempted to hijack and crash flight to Israel

Passenger accounts paint a chaotic and terrifying picture of the alleged attempted hijacking of Flydubai flight 1073 on Wednesday. The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said one pilot stabbed his counterpart and tried to crash the Boeing 737…

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