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Mid-Air Terror: Flight Crew Overpowers Co-Pilot Who Stabbed Captain Over Red Sea | Crime Alert 10.01.26 · Crime Alert Hourly Update

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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
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  Speaker 1: controls and and safely brought the aircraft back under control.
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  Speaker 1: The airliner transmitted emergency alerts, briefly entering Jordanian airspace before
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  Speaker 1: turning back toward Saudi Arabia. The plane landed safely at
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  Speaker 1: Tabuk Airport around 10 a.m. Local authorities confirmed all 150
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  Speaker 1: passengers were uninjured, while the condition of the wounded pilot
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  Speaker 1: remains unknown. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the situation
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  Speaker 1: is under control and efforts are underway to safely return
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  Speaker 1: the passengers home. Turning now to Massachusetts, where a 29-year-old
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  Speaker 1: man faces a slew of severe criminal charges after allegedly
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  Speaker 1: holding a woman captive in an attic for six weeks
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  Speaker 1: under horrifying conditions. Authorities issued an arrest warrant on September
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  Speaker 1: 3 for Jordand Pierre following a tip from a landlord
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  Speaker 1: in Malden. Searching the residence on Summer Street, officers found
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  Speaker 1: a missing woman trapped in a squalid attic with a
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  Speaker 1: door handle removed to prevent escape. Assistant District Attorney Jacob
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  Speaker 1: McCrindle revealed in court that Pierre originally met the victim
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  Speaker 1: on Tinder, picked her up from a substance rehabilitation facility,
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  Speaker 1: and brought her to the home where he plied her
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  Speaker 1: with drugs. Prosecutors claim Pierre then forced the woman into
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  Speaker 1: sexual servitude trafficking her to various men who frequented the
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  Speaker 1: apartment and keeping all the money for himself. Landlord Quing
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  Speaker 1: Sun discovered the victim on September 20 while checking on
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  Speaker 1: a water leak. Sun reported finding the woman unclothed, unwashed,
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  Speaker 1: and severely malnourished with a five-gallon bucket filled with urine nearby.
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  Speaker 1: Sun told authorities she had no idea Pierre was living
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  Speaker 1: there or that anyone occupied the attic space, noting that
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  Speaker 1: other tenants tried to block her access to rooms, which
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  Speaker 1: prompted her initial call to 911. Pierre was arrested September
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  Speaker 1: 24 and pleaded not guilty at his September 25 arraignment
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  Speaker 1: to charges including human trafficking, kidnapping, and indecent assault. A
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  Speaker 1: judge ordered him held without bail. More crime and justice
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  Speaker 1: news after this. In Southern California, a 19-year-old mother has
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  Speaker 1: been arrested and charged with murder following the tragic death
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  Speaker 1: of her infant daughter, who was discovered inside a dumpster.
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  Speaker 1: Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to the 5200 block
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  Speaker 1: of Alba Street in central Alameda around 10.30 p.m. on Monday,
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  Speaker 1: September 28, after a community member searching through trash spotted
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  Speaker 1: what appeared to be a doll wrapped in a blanket.
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  Speaker 1: LAFD paramedics rushed the four-month-old baby girl named Luna to
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  Speaker 1: a local hospital where she was pronounced deceased. LAPD Juvenile
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  Speaker 1: Division Lt. Dave Hoskins confirmed the child was found in
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  Speaker 1: the trash bin. On Tuesday, September 29, police arrested 19-year-old
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  Speaker 1: Takiyah Babers, booking her on murder charges with bail set
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  Speaker 1: at $ 2 million. Babers' former foster parents, Herman Johnson and
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  Speaker 1: Laura Lacey, spoke out from their home where they last
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  Speaker 1: saw baby Luna on Monday evening. Lacey explained they cared
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  Speaker 1: for the child most of the time due to concerns
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  Speaker 1: Babers suffered from postpartum depression. Babers asked to keep Luna
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  Speaker 1: for an evening to visit the baby's father before the
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  Speaker 1: tragedy occurred. Speaking to CBS LA, Laura Lacy shared her heartbreak.
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  Speaker 1: The baby wasn't alive in the trash until they took
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  Speaker 1: it to the hospital and she cast it away. She
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  Speaker 1: was healthy. I mean, like, healthy. Really healthy. So you
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  Speaker 1: had to injure her for her to die. Lacy learned
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  Speaker 1: of her granddaughter's death from news reports when a witness
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  Speaker 1: described Luna's outfit. The grieving grandmother questioned why Babers didn't
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  Speaker 1: return the child home. Why? Why would you? She's just
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  Speaker 1: so cute. She didn't do anything. What did you call
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  Speaker 1: me to bring her home for? Why would you call
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  Speaker 1: me and bring her and then do this to her?
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  Speaker 1: I don't believe this. I'm still in disbelief. 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: us for Crime Stories with Nancy Grace on Fox 1, YouTube,
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  Speaker 1: Sirius XM, and now streaming on Tubi. With this crime alert,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Sydney Silvani.