Investigators are examining the cockpit assault, the motive behind it and whether he tried to seize control of the aircraft.

Flydubai flight FZ1073 made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a cockpit attack injured Indian Captain Smit Machchhar, who helped passengers restrain the co-pilot.

An Indian airline captain who was at the controls of a FlyDubai flight when a copilot stabbed him in an apparent attempt to crash the plane has been hailed as a hero, with his

This is a timeline of the four hours FlyDubai flight 1073 was in the air as a wounded captain fought off his copilot, the aircraft went into a dive and when passengers saved the day by regaining control and landing safely.

The captain of the Flydubai aircraft that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after a violent cockpit confrontation has been identified in

A Flydubai flight traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv sparked a major regional security emergency Wednesday morning after transmitting international distress codes indicating both a general emergency and possible hijacking,

Indian pilot Smit Machchhar was airlifted from Saudi Arabia to Dubai for medical treatment after being stabbed during a cockpit attack on flydubai FZ1073.