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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Inside FlyDubai's 4-hour ordeal: A cockpit fight, steep descents and alternating distress codes

Israel Mideast Emergency Landing - (israel's foreign ministry)

This is a timeline of the four hours FlyDubai flight 1073 was in the air as a wounded captain fought off his copilot, the aircraft went into a dive and when passengers saved the day by regaining control and landing safely.

For 200 seconds, the aircraft zigzagged as if on a terrifying roller coaster ride after a precipitous loss of altitude.

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