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Adani-run Mumbai airport plans to withdraw 265 of 770 weekly international departure slots from October 25, citing Terminal 1 redevelopment. Airlines have rejected the cut, pointing to sold-out winter schedules — and the aviation ministry has been forced to intervene.
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The flydubai co-pilot accused of trying to crash FZ1073 into Tel Aviv told UAE interrogators he planned the attack before being hired and deliberately chose the airline because it flies to Israel; a senior Emirati source says he faces the death penalty.
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The UAE's prosecutor general on Saturday identified Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, 29, as the man who attacked the Indian captain of flydubai flight FZ1073 with a cockpit crash axe, calling it an attempted terrorist attack. Oman had earlier barred him from flying over extremist-view concerns.
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Captain Smit Machchhar, recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, told Prime Minister Narendra Modi how he fought off a stabbing attack by his co-pilot on flight FZ1073 and opened the cockpit door while the jet plunged thousands of feet — letting the crew overpower the attacker and two reserve pilots divert to Saudi Arabia.
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All FZ1073 passengers have left Saudi Arabia for Israel after the cockpit attack that diverted their Dubai–Tel Aviv flight; Riyadh turned down an Israeli rescue flight, and Netanyahu ordered tighter airline security.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073 stabbed the captain and "tried to crash the plane" with 174 people aboard, crediting the Indian captain Smit Machchhar and passengers who stormed the cockpit with averting disaster. The co-pilot has been arrested in Saudi Arabia.
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Captain Smit Machchhar, who grew up in Mumbai, was attacked by his co-pilot on Flydubai flight FZ1073, which diverted to Tabuk. Leaders in India and Israel have credited him with saving everyone on board.
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