On the RTE News at One, there was an interview with a Sky News hack where the words "terror" or "hijacking" were absent. Instead, there was much wondering about how 2 pilots could have got into a brawl. Increasingly, mainstream news is the art of not telling people what happened.
OMG, if what happened on the Dubai–Tel Aviv flight today is confirmed, there will be a Hollywood movie one day.
A crew member attacked the pilot with a knife and disabled the aircraft’s systems. The plane fell 18,000 feet within minutes and almost crashed. Two Israeli passengers stormed the cockpit and subdued the attacker.
The stabbed captain was too severely injured to stabilize and land the plane safely. Two more Israeli pilots were on board, they landed the plane and saved 180 people.
Regardless of what one thinks of Israel and Israelis, the constant threat they live under makes them real heroes in extremely tough situations. Wow.