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Passengers describe panic and heroics after the cockpit clash.

Published by New York Times World By Karla Adam, Aaron Boxerman and Natan Odenheimer · 30 September 2026 at 18:45
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Passengers describe panic and heroics after the cockpit clash.
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What began as a routine flight turned terrifying when a violent altercation broke out inside the cockpit and the aircraft dropped 17,000 feet in two minutes. Passengers subdued an knife-wielding attacker.

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