Woman knifes pilot in New Zealand cockpit terror

A knife-wielding woman stormed the cockpit of a New Zealand domestic flight, stabbing both pilots and threatening to blow up the plane before she was subdued.

A knife-wielding woman stormed the cockpit of a New Zealand domestic flight, stabbing both pilots and threatening to blow up the plane before she was subdued.

The Air National flight landed safely at Christchurch in southern New Zealand and the 33-year-old woman was arrested, police said.

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