Pilot Stabbed Mid-Flight: The Terrifying 18K-Foot Plunge

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The pilot of a passenger plane flying to Israel was stabbed several times by his co-pilot in the cockpit early Wednesday, according to officials — causing the aircraft to plunge 18,000 feet in what was feared to be a “terrorist attack in mid-air.”

The FlyDubai Boeing 737 Max 8 plane flying to Tel Aviv from the United Arab Emirates  was cruising at around 34,000 feet when one of the pilots tried to take control in what Israeli sources say was an attempted hijacking, the Jerusalem Post reported.