‘Vertical Roller Coaster’: Expert Explains flydubai Flight’s Sudden Plunge
flydubai’s flight FZ1073, which plunged 16,000 feet in about 30 seconds before being levelled out and landing safely, would have felt like a “vertical roller coaster”, according to an aviation instructor who recreated the descent in a flight simulator for Reuters. The steep fall, after an attack on the captain by the co-pilot during a…