Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Passengers Say Flydubai Crew Tried to Free Axe-Wielding Co-Pilot
The article describes an incident involving a Flydubai co-pilot carrying an axe.
Its headline says passengers tackled him.
Two passengers said crew members asked them to untie the co-pilot.
Tzvika Manes said the passengers did not understand why.
Daniel Schlichter said the request made them suspicious.
The excerpt does not explain what the crew intended.
It also does not say when or where this happened.
These details are based on the passengers’ accounts quoted in the article.
The article title says passengers tackled an axe-wielding Flydubai co-pilot.
Banking executive Tzvika Manes said crew members asked passengers to untie the restrained person.
Manes said passengers did not know why the crew was asking them to free him.
Passenger Daniel Schlichter said the request made them suspicious.
The excerpt does not state when or where the incident happened or give the crew’s explanation.
- Who
- A Flydubai co-pilot, passengers including Tzvika Manes and Daniel Schlichter, and crew members.
- What
- The headline says passengers tackled an axe-wielding co-pilot; passengers quoted in the excerpt say crew members asked them to untie him.
- Airline
- Flydubai
- Reported weapon
- An axe, according to the headline
- Passenger quoted
- Tzvika Manes, described as a banking executive
- Other passenger quoted
- Daniel Schlichter, who said he was sitting in the second row near the cockpit
- Passengers’ account
- They said crew members asked them to untie the co-pilot
- Source cited
- The New York Post