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Flydubai Flight Conspiracy Claims Circulate After Pilot Questions Dramatic 700mph Descent Figures

Summary by IBTimes UK
Conspiracy claims about Flydubai Flight FZ1073 have circulated on Facebook after Canadian pilot Aaron Murphy questioned whether initial reports accurately captured the aircraft's descent on 30 September 2026. Flightradar24 tracking data showed that the Boeing 737 lost more than 16,000 feet (4,877 metres/4.9km) in 35 seconds, while its reported speed rose from about 460mph (740km/h) to nearly 700mph (1,127km/h). Murphy said the figures could chan…

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Canadian pilot Aaron Murphy commented on the events surrounding the stabbing of the captain by the co-pilot during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The Canadian pilot stated that what happened on the plane didn't make sense to him.

The Canadian pilot said the initial figures from the Flydubai plane that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia didn't make sense to him. CNN reported that the plane dropped more than 20,000 feet in 35 seconds, and the pilot expressed doubt that the plane would have broken apart if it had descended at that speed.

by Ahmed Bashir Al-Aila* When it was announced that Flydubai flight FZ1073 had suffered a sharp loss of altitude above the skies of Tabuk, I followed the news as a physics expert, looking for the data needed to calm the scientific doubts arising around the narrative of the rescue of the plane and its subsequent straightening in flight. After learning the news and their implications, I began to analyze the available physical variables to provide …

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IBTimes UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Friday, October 2, 2026.
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