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Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu speaks on phone to captain of FlyDubai flight
What began as a routine flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv turned into a fight for survival when one pilot allegedly stabbed another inside the cockpit. As the aircraft plunged tens of thousands of feet in minutes, passengers and crew were forced into extraordinary action.
Associated Press
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Both outlets frame the story around an alleged in-cockpit attack on a Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, with the crew and passengers facing a severe emergency. CBS News foregrounds Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that the co-pilot had undergone “Islamist radical indoctrination,” while the BBC leads with a narrative of the flight turning into a “fight for survival” and describes the rapid descent and response on board.
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