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Mid-Air Terror: Flight Crew Overpowers Co-Pilot Who Stabbed Captain Over Red Sea | Crime Alert 10.01.26 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime Alert, hourly update, breaking crime news now. I'm Sydney Silvani.
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  Speaker 1: A terrifying situation unfolded in the skies when an international
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  Speaker 1: flight transformed into a struggle for survival in the cockpit.
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  Speaker 1: Fly Dubai flight FZ1073 was en route from the United
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  Speaker 1: Arab Emirates to Tel Aviv, Israel, carrying 150 passengers aboard
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  Speaker 1: a Boeing 737 when a sudden wave of violence erupted
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  Speaker 1: at 34,000 feet. According to reports and official statements, a
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  Speaker 1: co-pilot of Amani origin allegedly launched a knife attack against
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  Speaker 1: the pilot, attempting to hijack the aircraft and crash it
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  Speaker 1: into the ground. At approximately 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday,
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  Speaker 1: September 30, the plane transmitted a hijacking signal to Israeli
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  Speaker 1: authorities while flying near the Saudi-Jordanian border. Within moments, the
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  Speaker 1: airliner vanished from tracking radar for several minutes before reappearing
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  Speaker 1: as it diverted course. Two hours and 15 minutes in,
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  Speaker 1: the aircraft plunged from 34,000 feet to 17,000 feet in
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  Speaker 1: under a minute. Data shows the jet made three sharp
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  Speaker 1: descents before stabilizing around 15,000 feet with its speed fluctuating wildly.
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  Speaker 1: Inside the cabin, sheer terror took hold. Frightened passengers wept
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  Speaker 1: in their seats as the plane plunged, while photos published
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  Speaker 1: by local media showed blood-covered surfaces aboard the flight. One
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  Speaker 1: passenger told the Times of Israel that someone shouted, stabbing,
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  Speaker 1: prompting her husband and other Israeli passengers to rush toward
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  Speaker 1: the front of the plane to neutralize the attacker. Crucially,
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  Speaker 1: a group of off-duty pilots traveling as passengers immediately stepped in.
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  Speaker 1: They restrained the attacking co-pilot, barred him from returning to
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  Speaker 1: the cockpit, and provided emergency medical care to the injured pilot.
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  Speaker 1: Two of those off-duty pilots took control of the flight controls,
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  Speaker 1: and safely brought the aircraft back under control. The airliner
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  Speaker 1: transmitted emergency alerts, briefly entering Jordanian airspace before turning back
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  Speaker 1: toward Saudi Arabia. The plane landed safely at Tabuk Airport
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  Speaker 1: around 10 a.m. Local authorities confirmed all 150 passengers were uninjured,
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  Speaker 1: while the condition of the wounded pilot remains unknown. Israeli
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  Speaker 1: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the situation is under control
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  Speaker 1: and efforts are underway to safely return the passengers home.
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  Speaker 1: Turning now to Massachusetts, where a 29-year-old man faces a
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  Speaker 1: slew of severe criminal charges after allegedly holding a woman
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  Speaker 1: captive in an attic for six weeks under horrifying conditions.
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  Speaker 1: Authorities issued an arrest warrant on September 3rd for Jordand
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  Speaker 1: Pierre following a tip from a landlord in Malden. Searching
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  Speaker 1: the residence on Summer Street, officers found a missing woman
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  Speaker 1: trapped in a squalid attic with a door handle removed
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  Speaker 1: to prevent escape. Assistant District Attorney Jacob McCrindle revealed in
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  Speaker 1: court that Pierre originally met the victim on Tinder, picked
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  Speaker 1: her up from a substance rehabilitation facility, and brought her
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  Speaker 1: to the home where he plied her with drugs. Prosecutors
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  Speaker 1: claim Pierre then forced the woman into sexual servitude trafficking
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  Speaker 1: her to various men who frequented the apartment and keeping
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  Speaker 1: all the money for himself. Landlord Quing Sun discovered the
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  Speaker 1: victim on September 20 while checking on a water leak.
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  Speaker 1: Sun reported finding the woman unclothed, unwashed, and severely malnourished
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  Speaker 1: with a five-gallon bucket filled with urine nearby. Sun told
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  Speaker 1: authorities she had no idea Pierre was living there or
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  Speaker 1: that anyone occupied the attic space, noting that other tenants
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  Speaker 1: tried to block her access to rooms, which prompted her
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  Speaker 1: initial call to 911. Pierre was arrested September 24 and
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  Speaker 1: pleaded not guilty at his September 25 arraignment to charges
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  Speaker 1: including human trafficking, kidnapping, and indecent assault. A judge ordered
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  Speaker 1: him held without bail. More crime and justice news after this.
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  Speaker 1: In Southern California, a 19-year-old mother has been arrested and
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  Speaker 1: charged with murder following the tragic death of her infant daughter,
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  Speaker 1: who was discovered inside a dumpster. Los Angeles Police Department
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  Speaker 1: officers responded to the 5200 block of Alba Street in
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  Speaker 1: central Alameda around 10.30 p.m. on Monday, September 28, after
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  Speaker 1: a community member searching through trash spotted what appeared to
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  Speaker 1: be a doll wrapped in a blanket. LAFD paramedics rushed
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  Speaker 1: the four-month-old baby girl named Luna to a local hospital
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  Speaker 1: where she was pronounced deceased. LAPD Juvenile Division Lieutenant Dave
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  Speaker 1: Hoskins confirmed the child was found in the trash bin.
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  Speaker 1: On Tuesday, September 29th, Police arrested 19-year-old Takiyah Babers, booking
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  Speaker 1: her on murder charges with bail set at $ 2 million. Babers'
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  Speaker 1: former foster parents, Herman Johnson and Laura Lacey, spoke out
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  Speaker 1: from their home where they last saw baby Luna on
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  Speaker 1: Monday evening. Lacey explained they cared for the child most
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  Speaker 1: of the time due to concerns Babers suffered from postpartum depression.
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  Speaker 1: Babers asked to keep Luna for an evening to visit
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  Speaker 1: the baby's father before the tragedy occurred. Speaking to CBS LA,
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  Speaker 1: Laura Lacy shared her heartbreak. The baby was alive in
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  Speaker 1: the trash until they took it to the hospital and
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  Speaker 1: she cast it away. She was healthy. I mean, like, healthy.
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  Speaker 1: Really healthy. So you had to injure her for her
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  Speaker 1: to die. Lacy learned of her granddaughter's death from news
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  Speaker 1: reports when a witness described Luna's outfit. The grieving grandmother
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  Speaker 1: questioned why Babers didn't return the child home. Authorities continue
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  Speaker 1: to investigate the tragic case as Babers remains in custody.
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  Speaker 1: For more crime and justice news, be sure to join
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sydney Silvani.