The Israel-Bound FlyDubai Flight Crisis, Explained

The fly Dubai incident on Wednesday has [music] really raised that question of what happens when there is a threat that comes from inside the cockpit. The aircraft the Boeing 737 [music] Max that was flying from Dubai to Tel a Viv when suddenly it entered a descent. The aircraft itself was flying actually pretty normally. It for the first hour and a half of the flight it reached [music] an altitude of 34,000 ft. It was at cruise level and then it descended down to about half of that in such a rapid way that it put so much pressure on the aircraft that a piece at the back of it actually broke off. We can see that from the flight tracking [music] data. Initially the pilots had sent out a what's called a 7700 alert or a general emergency alert. [music] That was then changed a few minutes later to a 7500 alert which is the code used for unlawful interference in the cockpits which is often of course the shorthand for [music] potential hijacking. In a statement, the airline Flight Dubai said that an altercation occurred in the flight deck. The aircraft was successfully secured by onduty Fly Dubai crew traveling on the [music] flight who diverted and landed the aircraft safely at Tabuka airport. The airline is asking the public not to speculate as to the cause or the motivations [music] behind the incident. What we saw happen today is incredibly rare in the [music] industry. Since 911, we've really been focused on protecting against threats outside the cockpit. This incident of course comes at a period of really heightened tensions and [music] an act of conflict in the region. How this incident plays out and what ramifications are going to have more broadly outside of aviation still yet to be seen.