A pilot brawl, then a rapid descent: passengers recount chaos on flydubai flight

Passengers rushed to the cockpit after the plane plunged more than 14,000 feet in 30 seconds, subduing the co-pilot and allowing a reserve crew to land safely in Saudi Arabia.

When flydubai flight FZ1073 suddenly plunged from ​over30,000 feet on Wednesday, passenger Almog Italie said it felt like the planewas passing through “massive turbulence” before he ‌realised a life-or-deathstruggle had unfolded in the cockpit.