The facts
The co‑pilot on Flydubai Flight 1073 stabbed the captain while the aircraft was en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, prompting two other pilots to take control and land safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The flight carried 182 people, including four pilots. According to the Wall Street Journal, the co‑pilot had previously been barred from flying by Omani authorities because of concerns about radical ideological views, yet Flydubai hired him despite the ban. CNN cited sources saying the co‑pilot was removed from Oman's national airline last year over similar concerns, and Al Arabiya reported Omani officials determined he held extremist views. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the co‑pilot underwent Islamist radical indoctrination and intended to crash the plane, and that an investigation is ongoing.
Our take
What the absolute fuck, Flydubai? Your hiring process reads like a game of pin‑the‑tail on a radicalized dickhead. The co‑pilot was flagged by Oman – a country that literally told you, Nah, this prick shouldn’t be in charge of a shopping cart, let alone an airliner. Yet you shrugged, ignored the red flag, and handed him the controls of a Boeing 737 bound for Tel Aviv, a route that’s a geopolitical flashpoint. That’s not a background check; it’s a fucking suicide pact with 182 strangers. Two other pilots had to wrestle a stab‑happy lunatic away from the controls to keep the plane from becoming a weapon. Netanyahu’s claim that the co‑pilot underwent Islamist indoctrination only underscores how dangerous this oversight was. Flydubai’s management should be charged with criminal negligence for treating a commercial airliner like a clown car for ideological nutjobs. The only thing that landed safely was the plane; your reputation is a smoking crater in the desert. Fucking morons. The kicker? He still got the job. Un‑fucking‑believable.
