今日吃瓜

Tag - flydubai

 
今日吃瓜
Search
 
November 12, 2026
 

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

FLYDUBAI

Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, meets Capt. Smit Machchhar, an Indian national and Flydubai pilot who is under treatment after he was stabbed by his co-pilot, in the United Arab Emirates, in this handout released Oct. 3.
WORLD
Oct 19, 2026
Captain of Flydubai plane describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked
The captain of the Flydubai flight said the scariest thing he felt after his co-pilot began attacking him was the aircraft nose “steeply going down.”
Planes sit on the tarmac at Ben Gurion International Airport, after a flydubai aircraft bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates was diverted to Saudi Arabia following an emergency signal, in Lod, near Tel Aviv, on Sept. 30.
WORLD
Oct 10, 2026
Flydubai co-pilot planned suicide attack on Tel Aviv airport
The unnamed Omani co-pilot had drawn inspiration from Al-Qaeda’s Sept. 11 suicide attacks on the U.S., the United Arab Emirates’ top prosecutor said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial Monday ahead of the third anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack against Israel.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 6, 2026
Flydubai hijacking turns into flash point in Israeli election
One of the election’s most potent themes is accountability for security failures.
El Al aircraft sit on the tarmac at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport on Oct. 2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a security review of international flights to Israel in the wake of a midair attack on board a plane from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2026
Netanyahu orders security review of flights to Israel after Flydubai attack
Israeli media outlets have reported that pilots from countries hostile to Israel have repeatedly flown into the country in recent years.
The fact an Omani pilot had been on board a Tel Aviv-bound Flydubai aircraft has already raised concerns about a security loophole because Israel and Oman don't have formal diplomatic ties.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2026
Flydubai co-pilot lost earlier job for dabbling in extremism
The revelation about the co-pilot’s dismissal from Oman Air will likely raise questions about how he was able to get a job at Flydubai.
A plane, carrying passengers who were on the Flydubai aircraft bound for Israel from the United Arab Emirates, which was diverted to Saudi Arabia following an emergency signal, arrives at the Ben Gurion International Airport, in Lod, Israel, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 4, 2026
UAE investigators say Flydubai co-pilot was planning ‘terrorist act’
The captain was assaulted by the co-pilot but managed to open the cockpit door, allowing others onboard to overpower the attacker.
A flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft prepares for landing at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, near Tel Aviv, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 1, 2026
Passengers foil bid to crash Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, Israel says, after co-pilot stabs pilot
After passengers and crew overpowered the co-pilot, a second pair of pilots aboard the flight landed the jet safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 28, 2015
Airlines suspend Baghdad flights after bullets hit flydubai plane
Six airlines, from the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Lebanon, suspended flights to Baghdad on Tuesday after bullets hit an airplane operated by budget carrier Dubai Aviation Corp., known as flydubai, as it was landing at Baghdad airport.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER