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Flight simulator shows what happened during hijacking attempt

LongNews & PoliticsPublished Oct 1, 2026

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Published
Oct 1, 2026, 12:31 AM
Duration
8:45
Category
News & Politics
Audio language
English (en)
Title language
English (en)
Captions
Yes
Definition
HD
Format
2D
License
Standard YouTube
Licensed content
Yes
Embeddable
Yes
Made for kids
No
Age-restricted
No
Paid promotion
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Yes

Topics

  • Society

Title and description in 1 languages

  • English

Tags (8)

  • news
  • cnn
  • Israel
  • terror attack
  • flight
  • simulator
  • FlyDubai
  • Erin Burnett

Description

A pilot on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight has been arrested after he stabbed the other pilot in the cockpit during an apparent attempt to crash the plane, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Despite being injured, the attacked pilot — identified as Captain Smit Machchhar — fought back and “managed to prevent a 9/11 disaster,” Netanyahu told CNN. Pilot and flight instructor Aaron Murphy gets inside a simulator to show CNN’s Erin Burnett what happened in the cockpit during the attempted hijacking of FlyDubai flight FZ 1073. And, CNN’s Pete Muntean provides an update on what we know and how some passengers fought back. 0:00 Passenger describes moments of terror aboard Flydubai flight 0:38 Flight simulator shows plane plummeting nearly 20,000 feet 4:12 How impressive it was that the flight landed safely 5:33 New details about the chaos inside the plane Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #News #flightsimulator #israelShow all

A pilot on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight has been arrested after he stabbed the other pilot in the cockpit during an apparent attempt to crash the plane, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. Despite being injured, the attacked pilot — identified as Captain Smit Machchhar — fought back and “managed to prevent a 9/11 disaster,” Netanyahu told CNN. Pilot and flight instructor Aaron Murphy gets inside a simulator to show CNN’s Erin Burnett what happened in the cockpit during the attempted hijacking of FlyDubai flight FZ 1073. And, CNN’s Pete Muntean provides an update on what we know and how some passengers fought back. 0:00 Passenger describes moments of terror aboard Flydubai flight 0:38 Flight simulator shows plane plummeting nearly 20,000 feet 4:12 How impressive it was that the flight landed safely 5:33 New details about the chaos inside the plane Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #News #flightsimulator #israel

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