India, Oct. 1 -- flydubai's Flight FZ1073 was travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 174 passengers on Wednesday when a fight between the two pilots escalated into a life-threatening emergency. The aircraft plunged about 16,000 feet, dropping from 33,000 feet to 17,000 feet in roughly a minute. As an investigation is underway to determine the sequence of events that led to the incident, the episode has highlighted how developments inside a cockpit can sometimes prove as dangerous as problems outside the aircraft.

As the flydubai incident gains focus, here are four unusual incidents inside flight cockpits that led to safety lapses in recent years. Track flydubai incident LIVE.

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