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  • Passengers who were on a flydubai aircraft bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates that suffered an emergency mid-air, with the co-pilot subdued after stabbing the captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane, arrive back home at Ben Gurion Airport, September 30, 2026. (Screenshots/Channel 12 News)
  • Captain Smit Machchhar, captain of a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv that suffered an emergency mid-air, with the copilot subdued after stabbing Machchhar in an alleged attempt to crash the plane full of Israelis, September 30, 2026. (LinkedIn)
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Yaniv, one of the Israelis who helped subdue the flydubai copilot who allegedly sought to hijack and crash a plane full of Israelis, on the passengers' return to Ben Gurion Airport on September 30, 2026. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
  • Passengers disembark from a flydubai Boeing 737 MAX from Dubai to Tel Aviv which landed at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia, September 30, 2026. The rudder shows damage. The flight suffered an emergency mid-air, with the copilot subdued after stabbing the captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane full of Israelis, September 30, 2026 (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
  • Passengers, mostly Israelis, from a flydubai plane are seen inside Tabuk Airport terminal in Saudi Arabia, after an alleged attempt by the co-pilot to crash the plane, September 30, 2026. (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
  • Images from aboard a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv that suffered an emergency mid-air, with the copilot subdued after stabbing the captain in an alleged attempt to crash the plane full of Israelis, September 30, 2026. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
  • Tzvika Manes is interviewed by Channel 12 on his return to Israel after helping subdue a flydubai copilot who tried to hijack and crash a plane full of Israelis on September 30, 2026. (Screenshot/Channel 12)
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ToI Staff
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By ToI Staff
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By ToI Staff
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By ToI Staff
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By Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff
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By ToI Staff
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By ToI Staff
Israeli children accompany their father in a polling booth during Knesset elections at a polling station in Rosh Ha'ayin, on September 17, 2019. (Jack Guez/AFP)
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By ToI Staff
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By ToI Staff and Michael Bachner
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By ToI Staff
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By ToI Staff
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