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In an extraordinary mid-air emergency, an Israeli dentist turned lifesaver after the pilot-in-command of a flydubai flight suffered a severe cardiac medical event thousands of feet in the air. Dr. Ronen Berger, an Israeli dentist traveling as a passenger aboard the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, has recounted the …

The co-pilot who allegedly attempted to bring down flydubai flight FZ1073 en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv and violently attacked the aircraft’s Indian captain, Smit Machchhar, has been officially identified as Hamam Alhamami (also reported as Hamam Al-Hammami). The mid-air incident put over 170 passengers and crew members at …