Make New York Post a Preferred Source Graphic video shows the captain of a Tel Aviv-bound flight drenched in blood and clinging to life after his co-pilot allegedly attacked him in what Israeli officials believe was an attempted terror attack.
The captain, who was reportedly stabbed by his co-pilot at cruising altitude, is seen wearing an oxygen mask and lying prone in the galley of the aircraft next to a blood-smeared wall, according to the shocking clip.
His hand is clasped to his abdomen over one of several wounds, one of which is covered by a blood-soaked bandage.
A pilot looks at the camera as he is assisted by passengers while the co-pilot lies seemingly unconscious aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. e2w The pilot of Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv looks at the camera as he is assisted by passengers while the co-pilot lies seemingly unconscious. e2w “No sleep. You want sleep?” the unseen man filming the chaotic scene asks the pilot in English, who weakly shakes his head no.
A second crewmember who appears to be the co-pilot is seen unconscious and restrained, wearing a white uniform nearly soaked through with blood.
“Film us too – film ourselves – [showing] that we’re standing guard here. They attacked us, and we’re guarding the pilot here,” passengers can be heard speaking Hebrew in the video translated by The Post.
“They attacked us on this plane. They tried to murder the pilot. We took control of the crew. Why? This is the pilot they wanted to murder,” another man can be heard saying.
“Gili … my brother, well done. Film everything. We’re standing here. Nobody is getting through the pilot’s door. That’s what [they] wanted,” he says.
The Boeing 737 Max 8 – with 174 passengers on board, including 27 children – made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia — a civilian and military base in the kingdom.
Israeli officials have launched a terrorism investigation into the incident.
Two Israeli officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the current assessment is that the incident was an attempted “terror attack” and not related to any kind of mental health issue with either of the pilots.
Another Israeli official told Channel 12 that “one pilot stabbed the other and tried to do a 9/11.”
