The co-pilot(副驾驶) of flydubai flight FZ1073 used an axe to attempt to carry out(实施，执行) a “terrorist attack” during the Israel-bound(飞往以色列的) flight, the United Arab Emirates prosecutor general(总检察长) has said.
阿联酋总检察长表示，迪拜航空FZ1073航班副驾驶在飞往以色列的航班上使用斧头企图发动“恐怖袭击”。
Disaster was narrowly averted on Wednesday when passengers and crew intervened to stop the co-pilot’s attempt to take control of the plane, which had 182 people onboard and plunged 16,625ft in just over 30 seconds.(周三，乘客和机组人员介入阻止副驾驶夺取飞机控制权，从而勉强避免了一场灾难；机上载有182人，飞机在30多秒内骤降16,625英尺。) The descent was so extreme that part of the rudder(方向舵) was ripped off.
周三，乘客和机组人员及时介入，阻止了副驾驶夺取飞机控制权的企图，避免了一场灾难。机上共有182人，飞机在短短30多秒内骤降16,625英尺。下降幅度之大，以至于方向舵的一部分被撕裂。
Investigators have been trying to establish how the alleged attacker, who was seen by witnesses repeatedly stabbing the pilot in the cockpit, managed to smuggle a weapon onboard.(调查人员一直在试图查明，这名被指控的袭击者——目击者看到他多次在驾驶舱内刺伤飞行员——是如何将武器偷带上飞机的。)
调查人员一直在试图查明，这名被指控的袭击者——目击者看到他多次在驾驶舱内刺伤飞行员——是如何将武器偷带上飞机的。