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Passengers bravely rushed the cockpit to stop a co-pilot who had stabbed the pilot and was trying to crash a FlyDubai plane headed towards Tel Aviv. Israeli officials said the wounded pilot was able to press a button opening the cockpit door to let the passengers in. NBC News’ Matt Bradley reports.

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