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Yemeni government strikes Houthis as tensions escalate amid reports of planned Saudi offensive

Smoke rises from a fire at the Aramco refinery south of Riyadh (Reuters)

Flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu where

The pilot also recalled trying to open the cockpit door once, but said the co-pilot [...]

Netanyahu spoke to the 38-year-old pilot on Saturday while Machchhar was undergoing treatment

Netanyahu praised the pilot for his actions during the incident and hailed him as 'hero [...]

UAE deputy prime minister Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Saturday met flydubai

NEW DELHI: UAE deputy prime minister Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on Saturday [...]

UAE Prosecutor General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi said the co-pilot attacked the captain

The co-pilot has been identified by people familiar with the investigation as Omani national Hamam [...]

Even before the high-altitude drama, the election was shaping up to be a pivotal one, not just

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu meets Yaniv Hayun, one of the Israeli passengers who managed to [...]

Why 2 flyDubai pilots were sitting among passengers when captain was stabbed

Four flydubai pilots were aboard Flight FZ1073 when the aircraft was thrown into chaos midair. [...]

Investigators are trying to establish how an Omani pilot ended up as first officer on a flight

Hamam al-Hammami, the accused co-pilot in the flydubai incident (Image source: LinkedIn)

Security lapse Israel overlooked? Over 12 Omani pilots flew to Tel Aviv despite ban

A plane, carrying passengers who were on the FlyDubai aircraft bound for Israel from the [...]

One deleted post from February 2022 discussed his mother’s efforts to find him a wife who would

The posts were part of nearly 3,000 deleted tweets from 2021 and 2022