In a series of chilling and unprecedented revelations, Indian commercial pilot Smit Machhar has broken his silence regarding ...

The aircraft was traveling from Dubai to Israel when it transmitted an emergency alert then briefly a hijacking alert before diverting. The post JUST IN: Cockpit Scuffle on FlyDubai Commercial Flight ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with retired military and commercial airline pilot Ron Alvarado about how pilots are trained to avert interference in the cockpit.

Terrifying new footage reveals how passengers on a commercial aeroplane screamed in panic as the aircraft nosedived during what is feared to have been an attempted hijacking.

As some passengers screamed, the FlyDubai flight issued an emergency alert and abruptly descended thousands of feet. Israel scrambled warplanes amid concerns about a possible hijacking.

The UAE has described the attack on Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar aboard a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flydubai flight as a terrorist act. The co-pilot attacked him with a crash axe and tried to take ...

Investigations into the mid-air attack aboard Flight 1073 have revealed that First Officer Hamam al-Hammami used an emergency crash axe stowed in the flight deck to assault the aircraft’s captain in ...

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A passenger jet heading to Tel Aviv was mysteriously diverted on Wednesday morning, prompting the Israeli prime minister to hold an emergency meeting.

You may have noticed airline pilots often leave the cockpit door open while passengers board and deplane; this isn't so you ...

A FlyDubai flight bound for Tel Aviv was forced to land in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after the commercial flight’s co-pilot reportedly stabbed the captain during a cockpit altercation and attempted to ...