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Two Maldivian flydubai pilots detained in UAE amid alleged plot by an Omani co-pilot to hijack and crash a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight.
Nearly two weeks after 174 passengers survived an attempted hijacking by one of its pilots, flydubai described their ordeal as ‘distressing,’ highlighted its replacement flight and offered support contacts, without mentioning the attack or compensation; one passenger called the response ‘a disgrace’
Two Maldivian Flydubai pilots have been arrested in the UAE as part of an expanded investigation into an alleged attempt to hijack a flight bound for Tel Aviv. They were initially questioned as witnesses but are now suspects in the September 30 incident involving a co-pilot.