Claims extracted
17
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 17 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
67/100
The Guardian's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
6
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The captain of a flydubai flight who was attacked by a co-pilot who intended to crash the plane has described blocking axe blows to his head and screaming for help as he reached to open the cockpit door.
asserted
he → attack → door
Capt Smit Machchhar has been hailed as a hero for his role in averting disaster on the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv last month, helping to thwart what the UAE attorney general has said was an attempted suicide attack by the co-pilot who had intended to crash the plane into Ben Gurion airport.
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who → hail → airport
Speaking in an interview with The National newspaper from a hospital bed in Abu Dhabi, his head and left arm bandaged, Machchhar said that when the first blow landed, he thought something had gone “horribly wrong with the aircraft structure” before quickly realising he was being attacked and things had “taken a drastic turn”.
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things → speak → turn
“The next thought was I need to get help in here,” he said.
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he → need → help
“My immediate action was to free myself from the seatbelts and I tried to just block the blows as much as I could.”
uncertain
I → free → blows
He pointed to his arm that was wounded as he defended himself.
asserted
he → point → himself
“The blows were coming on the head.
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blows → come → head
Immediately my hand went to the knob which opens the door and [I was] screaming for my colleagues, screaming his name.
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I → go → name
I believe that was the first time when I lost my consciousness.”
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I → believe → consciousness
Flight FZ1073 was in Saudi airspace when the co-pilot attacked Machchhar with a crash axe, an item typically kept in the cockpit for emergency use.
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pilot → attack → use
The incident caused the airliner to plunge 16,000 ft (4,900m) in 30 seconds before the attacker was overwhelmed and two other pilots who were on board landed the aircraft safely in Saudi Arabia.
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who → cause → Arabia
The suspect, an Omani national, was transferred to the UAE, flydubai’s home country.
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suspect → transfer → UAE
The plan was inspired by the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US, UAE public prosecutors said as a result of their criminal investigation, which was launched on 1 October.
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which → inspire → October
Machchhar said he heard the cockpit door opening and screaming “between my colleague and the guy”.
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door → say → colleague
He said the scariest thing he felt was the aircraft nose “steeply going down”.
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nose → say → ?
“I was not very sure that I’ll make it out alive from this.
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I → make → this
Did I give up?
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I → give → ?
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