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迪拜航空副驾驶用驾驶舱里的斧子砍伤机长，乘客冲进去救下了整架飞机 — A FlyDubai Co-Pilot Attacked His Captain With the Cockpit's Own Axe. Passengers Broke In and Saved the Plane.
· 4:36 · Episode 4
Episode 迪拜航空副驾驶用驾驶舱里的斧子砍伤机长，乘客冲进去救下了整架飞机 — A FlyDubai Co-Pilot Attacked His Captain With the Cockpit's Own Axe. Passengers Broke In and Saved the Plane.
FlyDubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Wednesday 30 September 2026, 174 people on board, mostly Israeli. About two hours in, at ~34,000 ft, the co-pilot, Omani national Hamam al-Hammami, attacked Indian captain Smit Machchhar (17 years' experience) with the cockpit's emergency crash axe. The plane dropped more than 17,000 ft (~5,180 m) in about two minutes; part of the rudder was torn away. The badly wounded captain, on the cockpit floor, made 'one last push' to unlock the reinforced cockpit door (post-9/11 design, opens only from inside). Passengers, led by an Israeli plumber, rushed in, pulled the co-pilot out and pinned him; two off-duty pilots travelling as passengers took the controls and levelled the jet at about 15,000 ft roughly 12 minutes later. A dentist travelling from China stanched the captain's bleeding. The flight diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, landing about 85 minutes later. No passengers seriously injured; captain seriously hurt but stable. Oman Air had grounded al-Hammami over extremist views and moved him to a desk job; he resigned around 2024 and FlyDubai hired him after background checks that focused on criminal records. The UAE attorney general called it a terrorist attack; Netanyahu said he meant to crash the plane. Four regional countries are investigating. Germanwings 2015 precedent: co-pilot locked captain out, 150 died.
A FlyDubai Co-Pilot Attacked His Captain With the Cockpit's Own Axe. Passengers Broke In and Saved the Plane.
HSK 2 level · 4:36
Key Vocabulary
• 飞机 (fēijī) — plane • 开 (kāi) — to open; to drive/fly • 坐 (zuò) — to sit; to travel by • 知道 (zhīdào) — to know • 东西 (dōngxi) — thing • 前面 (qiánmiàn) — in front; the front • 后面 (hòumiàn) — behind • 想 (xiǎng) — to think; to want
Grammar Patterns
• 用 + tool + verb — Use something to do something. The tool comes right after 用, then the action. • Verb + 了 + duration + 了 — Something has been going on for this long and is still true now. • Verb + 不了 — Cannot do it — the action is impossible, not just unwanted.
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