How was he cleared to fly? FOX 10 Phoenix on the Flydubai co-pilot inquiry

A short report from the Phoenix station on an attempted hijacking of an Israel-bound flight drew far more viewers than its international news usually does.

Channel: FOX 10 PhoenixStory of October 6, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 58,492 views a day, 21 times a normal first day on this channel (2,804).

Co-pilot probed after Flydubai flight attack | FOX 10 Phoenix

A Phoenix station rarely leads its day with a story from the skies over the Middle East. Eight hours after it went up, FOX 10 Phoenix's short on the Flydubai investigation had about 29,000 views. A short on the channel usually ends its whole first day under 3,000.

The report covers an attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight bound for Israel. Investigators suspect the co-pilot, identified as a citizen of Oman, of stabbing the captain and trying to take over the plane before he was restrained. The description says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the captain's courage and calm, then ordered his National Security Council to review threats to passenger planes flying to Israel.

Much of the report is about vetting. According to the description, Omani officials had earlier banned the co-pilot from flying, Australian intelligence had been watching him, and no passenger and crew list was shared with Israel in advance. U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee called it a terrorist act. The State Department said there is no immediate threat to American airlines or travelers.

The station returned to the story in its Tuesday live news block, where it ran alongside Arizona's 1st District race and a ballot mix-up in Maricopa County.

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The numbers

Here is how the Flydubai report's first hours compare with a usual first day for a FOX 10 Phoenix short.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,804

this video

58,492

subscribers

587,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

528,175,190

views per day

398,718

typical day: 495,423

the video

views

29,180

likes

65

comments

17

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

CBS Chicago

630,000

WUSA9

629,000

NBC 6 South Florida

626,000

CityNews

601,000

FOX 10 Phoenix

587,000

CBS TEXAS

570,000

As of October 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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