Witnesses have recounted the horrific story of Flydubai flight 1073 to Tel Aviv, where a violent struggle in the cockpit led to a plunge of 5,000 metres towards the ground and an emergency landing. Israeli officials are investigating whether the incident was an attempted terror attack on Israelis.
Cockpit Struggle and Emergency Landing
One of the pilots flying from the UAE to Israel stabbed his co-pilot and tried to crash the plane, a passenger on the flight said. After a dramatic landing in Saudi Arabia and a later return to Israel, witnesses told of a fight between the two pilots, with one covered in blood. A woman described on video how her daughter, a passenger, heard screaming and saw a man pull out a knife.
Property Prices Fall Across Australia
Housing prices are falling in almost every suburb in Australia’s biggest cities, with values dropping faster in Brisbane than Sydney as the slowdown intensifies. This week’s interest rate rise seems likely to increase the downward pressure, as fear of missing out gives way to fear of rising interest rates among would-be homebuyers.
Greens Leader Promises Fight
New Greens leader David Shoebridge has promised to take the fight to One Nation’s “politics of hate” and show voters who their real enemy is – the wealthy 1% of corporate Australia. The 55-year-old former barrister is renowned in Canberra for his sharp brain but could face internal pushback over his polarising style.
Other Key Stories
Private colleges have issued nearly 3,000 last-minute enrolments to a diploma course that is being cancelled after allegedly being “misused” by non-genuine students, as Labor threatens to suspend providers that are manipulating new rules. Choice has taste tested 29 store-bought mayonnaises, and rated the cheapest product the best for its “pleasant” aroma and “whole-egg flavour”. The New South Wales independent planner has approved the biggest coalmine project to ever go before it, allowing mining to continue until 2045 at a Hunter Valley project described by climate groups as a “carbon bomb”.
China’s intelligence service used a front company to pay grants to British universities and steal crucial research about technology projects, according to MI5. The spy agency’s rare public espionage warning will concern the UK’s cash-strapped universities and their fundraising in China. Israeli settler violence in the West Bank has made everyday life for Palestinians “untenable”, the Red Cross has said, as a mob attack on Palestinians prompted a rival of Benjamin Netanyahu to warn of a campaign of settler terror. Hundreds of women students have taken to the streets of Delhi to protest against daily sexual harassment, assault and molestation, shouting: “We want justice.”
In sport, Nathan Cleary has completed rugby league’s boxset of awards after the Penrith star was voted the runaway winner of his first Dally M Medal at the NRL’s gala night, while Tamika Upton won her third women’s Dally M. Former City boss Pep Guardiola said the club’s bosses had his support over the sham payments scandal, but former Manchester United captain Roy Keane said players who won medals under the regime should throw them “in the bin”. Australia beat South Africa by 47 runs on DLS after rain forced the game to be abandoned with the hosts chasing 323 to win the third ODI in Potchefstroom. John Campbell, Shai Hope and Amir Jangoo all hit centuries as the West Indies racked up their record ODI total of 7-405 against India.
