{"id":912375,"date":"2026-10-01T15:34:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/912375\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:34:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:34:17","slug":"as-it-happened-chalmers-says-inflation-still-lower-than-expected-after-rise-but-another-rate-hike-on-horizon-crew-members-passengers-intervene-after-midair-pilot-stabbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/912375\/","title":{"rendered":"As it happened: Chalmers says inflation still lower than expected after rise, but another rate hike on horizon; Crew members, passengers intervene after midair pilot stabbing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Industry Minister Tim Ayres says he is glad two Australians aboard the flight to Tel Aviv that was forced to land after a fight broke out between its pilots in the cockpit are safe.<\/p>\n<p>A commercial aircraft flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv yesterday made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after issuing an alert that sparked fears of a disaster. One of the two pilots stabbed the other in an apparent attempt to crash the plane.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu praised crew members and passengers for preventing a disaster by entering the cockpit and stopping the attacker.<\/p>\n<p>Steven and Carol Moss, prominent Sydney businesspeople, were on the flight. Reached for comment, Steven Moss said he was struggling after the ordeal and declined to speak with the media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plane safely landed in extraordinary circumstances,\u201d Ayres told ABC News\u2019 Afternoon Briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA pilot who\u2019s really acted with great courage to deal with this situation and land the plane \u2026 and it\u2019s a hell of a story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I\u2019m very glad, and the government\u2019s very glad, that the two Australians are safe too.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Industry Minister Tim Ayres says he is glad two Australians aboard the flight to Tel Aviv that was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[64,63,99,164],"class_list":["post-912375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-business","tag-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}