FlyDubai Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv diverts to Saudi airport after, apparently, one pilot stabbed the other (30/09/2026)

Thames99 said:

I know it's a requirement to have an axe in the cockpit, but have there ever been occasions where it's been of use in some sort of emergency situation?

Click to expand...

Thames99 said:

I know it's a requirement to have an axe in the cockpit, but have there ever been occasions where it's been of use in some sort of emergency situation? It does seem to be one of things that has always been a requirement so it continues to be so, without anyone considering the downsides of it being there.

Click to expand...

Hornet said:

https://www.faa.gov/sites/faa.gov/files/2022-11/AtlanticSE529_Accident_Report.pdf

Used in this crash.

Click to expand...

Shortly after the airplane came to rest, the first officer attempted
unsuccessfully to open the right side cockpit window, which was damaged during
the impact. Thereafter, he reached behind his crew seat and retrieved a small ax
with a wooden handle. He subsequently attempted to chop a hole in the side
window but was only successful in chopping a hole approximately 4 inches in
diameter in the center of the window through which he handed the small ax to a
passenger. The passenger attempted unsuccessfully to use the ax to extricate him
from the cockpit.
When a Carroll County Sheriff’s deputy arrived at the scene within
about 5 minutes, he saw a passenger striking the first officer’s side window with
the small ax,24 which was aboard the airplane as FAA-required emergency
equipment. The wooden handle separated from the ax head early in the rescue
effort. About 2 minutes after the ax handle broke, the local fire department arrived
and tried, unsuccessfully to break the window using full size axes.

Click to expand...

On today's episode of the podcast, Petter and Ben will be going over everything we've learned in the week following the FlyDubai accident and all verified information.

Click to expand...

ainsworth74 said:

I listened to the latest episode of the Captains Speaking podcast (another episode was linked previously, its hosted by a pair of very experienced 737 captains and type rating examiners with one of them being the host of the Mentor Pilot channel) which seemed like the best summary of what we know so far along with, what seemed to me, to be fairly sensible speculation about things that we don't yet know:

I found it to be a very informative and interesting listen.

Click to expand...