When violence reaches the cockpit: pilot brawls that nearly ended in disaster

An article reviewing historical cases of violent brawls in the cockpit during commercial flights that endangered the aircraft and its passengers. The cases range from a physical struggle that led to a fatal crash in Tokyo, through an attack with hammers on a cargo plane, to confrontations that led to emergency landings and flight attendant intervention. The article presents a collection of events without in-depth analysis.

An article in Maariv reviews several historical cases where violent brawls inside the cockpit endangered commercial flights. The cases presented include: the fatal crash of ANA flight in Tokyo in 1966, where a struggle over the controls led to the deaths of 24 people; an attack with hammers on a FedEx flight in 1994, where the crew managed to subdue the attacker and make an emergency landing; an Air Canada flight in 2008, where a co-pilot behaved aggressively and flight attendants forcibly removed him from the cockpit; and a brawl between a captain and a co-pilot of Iraqi Airways in 2018 at 37,000 feet, causing damage to the cockpit. Also mentioned is a 2018 case where two Jet Airways pilots left the cockpit during a confrontation. The article presents a collection of events without in-depth analysis of circumstances or trends.