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aviation   Middle East   Airports   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Airlines  
Reuters • Alexander Cornwell, Joanna Plucinska

Flydubai Flight Diverts to Saudi Arabia After Pilot Allegedly Attacks Co-Pilot

Flydubai flight FZ1073, traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, made an emergency landing at Tabuk Airport after an alleged cockpit attack in which one pilot stabbed the other and appeared to try to crash the aircraft. Both pilots were hospitalized, while Israeli officials investigated a possible terror-related motive.

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2026-09-30T10:35:37.519265-07:00
space   FCC   Satellite   Commercial Space   Policy & Regulation  
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Via Satellite • Rachel Jewett

FCC Continues Deregulation Push with Environmental Regulations and More Spectrum

By Via Satellite: The FCC continued its push to deregulate and open up new spectrum with two major decisions on Wednesday — exempting space activities from certain federal environmental regulations and opening up 1,000 megahertz of spectrum.

2026-09-30T12:50:11.547384-07:00
aviation   eVTOL   Archer Aviation  
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FlightGlobal • Jon Hemmerdinger

US judge tosses Archer’s China-ties claims against competitor Joby

By FlightGlobal: The judge also left in place several of Joby's trade-secret-theft claims against Archer. A US Federal judge has tossed Archer Aviation's claims that it suffered harm after competitor Joby Aviation allegedly misled the US government by hiding ties to China and to China's communist party.

2026-09-30T13:05:01.718839-07:00