Veteran Pilot Puts Motive on Record for Attempted Hijacking of Flydubai Flight – Sky News Australia Reporter Doesn’t Want to Hear It (Video)

by Margaret Flavin Oct. 2, 2026 10:20 am

The Gateway Pundit reported that on Wednesday, an Israel-bound Flydubai flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after plunging thousands of feet following an attack in the cockpit.

Flight FZ1073 took off from Dubai for Tel Aviv with more than 170 people on board, almost all of them Israeli.

Less than an hour from entering Israeli airspace, Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot, was stabbed by his co-pilot, an Omani national.

After hearing screams from the cockpit, a group of passengers ran toward it, and one of the passengers broke down the door and subdued the co-pilot, who appeared to be attempting to damage the plane’s controls and crash the plane in Israel in a 9/11-style attack.

Two pilots traveling on board were able to land the plane safely.

Veteran pilot Captain Byron Bailey joined SkyNews Australia to discuss the attempted hijacking and, much to the dismay of the reporter interviewing him,shared the truth about the motive behind the failed effort.

Captain Bailey shared, “I’m not really surprised with FlyDubai operating Dubai to Tel Aviv and with Muslim pilots. Well, not all Muslim, but the captain was Indian. He was a real hero in this. I’ve flown in and out of Tel Aviv with the British airline a lot. I also flew many times out of Dubai, so I’m fairly aware of the whole situation.”

“But how deep do you want to go into it? Because I hear them saying, ‘Oh, we wonder what the motive is.'”

“Well, excuse me. In the Middle East, themotive is the fact that Islam calls for the death of Jews, all Jews. It’s part of the core belief of Islam.”==

“This Royal Commission, this joke they had in Australia recently about antisemitism, just ignores the reality of what is the core belief of Islam. That all Jews must die until the world becomes pure, free of Jews.”

“So, this was actually probably an act of religious devotion, where the guy took the advantage of the fact that he could kill Jews and martyr himself in the process, because that’s what they want to do.”

The reporter didn’t want to talk about the motive behind the attempt to kill innocent people and awkwardly shifted the topic to “technical aspects.”

“OK, but, Brian, let’s just stick to the technical aspect here…with how perhaps passengers, luckily, were able to get into the cockpit.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/veteran-pilot-puts-motive-record-attempted-hijacking-flydubai/

Exclusive — Bernie Moreno on Rules Reform Headwinds: Old Timer Senators ‘Cling to a View of What the Senate Could Have Been’ but ‘That’s Not the Reality’

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Old timer senators “cling to a view of what the Senate could have been” and fail to operate in reality, Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) said during a roundtable discussion with Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow and Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle on Thursday evening.

An audience member asked the Buckeye State senator why the Senate opted to go on recess without taking action on the SAVE America Act. Further, the audience memberasked what needs to be done to get this bill across the finish line. Boyle broadened the scope by emphasizing the frustration many have with the Senate going on recess ahead of the midterm election.

“So the hope is that again, what can we see early next year to you know, after the election, assuming you guys hold the majority, to see those changes implemented?” Boyle asked.

Moreno briefly recapped the crux of the SAVE America Act, reminding the audience that it simply requires voter ID and proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

“Two things. That’s it. That’s all it is.We actually put forward a bill that said, how about just voter ID? How about when you show up at the ballot box and I say, ‘I’m Alex Marlow,’ they’re like, ‘Are you sure? Can I see an ID?’ I’m like, ‘Nope, take my word for it.’ Or in Minnesota, by the way, when you could say, ‘Hey, all these people behind me, 20 people, I vouch for them.’ And then, ‘Ok well, you guys can all vote.’ I mean, that’s totally insane,” Moreno said.

“Fifty-three Republicans out of 53 Republicans voted for that.Zero — not one single Democrat — voted for just simple voter ID,” Moreno said, noting that they lost support from three Republicans when they added proof of citizenship.

“Unfortunately, we lost three Republicans on that vote. Two of them are retiring, so we have virtually every Republican agreeing to the SAVE Act,” he said. “We need 60. We need 60 because that’s the threshold to end debate.”

“And unfortunately, unless we end that rule or modify the Senate rules, we can’t make that happen,” he said, walking through the reality of the situation. “Then you ask the question. Well, then get rid of the filibuster. We don’t even have close to 50 votes there. And again, why? Because we’ve had people that’ve been in the Senate for a long time, that cling to a view of what the Senate could have been, should have been, or was, but that’s not the reality of today.”

The senator added, “We’ve got to take a look at the rules. But look, we put forward a bill yesterday that would ban insider trading. Think about that for a second. What do you mean ban that we allow insider trading? Yes, we do. This bill would ban it. Every Democrat voted against it.”

Moreno used these Senate votes as examples of why conservative media is so important to get the truth out so the American people know what Democrats are really doing.

“This is why President Trump gets so angry at the media because they’re covering just the wrong things. They should be putting microphones in Democrats’ faces and go, ‘How would you vote against a bill that would ban insider trading? How do you vote against a bill that says you just have to prove who you are when you vote?'” Moreno added.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/10/02/exclusive-bernie-moreno-on-rules-reform-headwinds-old-timer-senators-cling-to-a-view-of-what-the-senate-could-have-been-but-thats-not-the-reality/

Charles Barkley: Democrats Have Said ‘Some of the Stupidest S*** I’ve Ever Heard’

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Basketball legend Charles Barkley sounded off on extremism in the Democratic Party, saying that they have promoted “some of the stupidest shit” he’s ever heard.

Barkley shared his thoughts in an interview with Chris Cuomo, describing himself as a political independent who mostly voted Democrat throughout his life.

“Listen, I’m an independent who’s voted Democratic most of the time. You think I’m going to get on TV and kill my credibility saying every Democrat – like, some of these people out here talking about no ICE, no prison, using words like socialism,” he told Cuomo.

“No, I don’t believe in that. Wait, no cops? I think that’s some of the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard. What are we going to do without cops? What are we going to do without prisons?” he continued.

Barkley said these ideas were some of the stupidest he has ever heard.

“‘I’ve seen some of these politicians, and I’m like, ‘this is the stupidest shit ever.’And all of them have been Democrats. I think that’s some of the stupidest shit I’ve ever heard,” he said.

Barkley did, however, say that he feels Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) should do a “better job” by strictly focusing on criminals while praising immigrants as hard-working people. He also endorsed voter ID.

“Now, ICE has to do a much better job. Much better job. We can’t just let people come across the border. We can’t do that. But ICE has to do a better job,” he said.

“We need immigrants in this country. They’re some of the most amazing, hard-working people in the world. Now, we need to get rid of the crooked immigrants. You need to have ID when you go vote,” he concluded.

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/10/02/charles-barkley-democrats-have-said-some-of-the-stupidest-s-ive-ever-heard/