A flydubai 737 bound for Tel Aviv nearly crashed after the first officer attacked the captain, until passengers stormed the cockpit to save the flight.
Based on the time when the incident occurred, is there a good chance the voice recording from the cockpit would still be available and not over-written?
It’s still shocking. Thank goodness the heroic captain, passengers, and off duty crew saved the day here. Since he is in custody, the first officer should be fully prosecuted, his specific motive determined, and lessons learned to prevent these types of incidents from happening again. We haven’t forgotten other instances of aircraft being used as weapons; it would also be intellectually dishonest and prejudicial to blame entire nationalities, ethnicities, or religions, for the bad acts of a few individuals. I wish that fear-mongering would stop. It helps no one.