After a stabbing on a flight to Israel, the pilot is stable. | Beginner German class Nº079

Today's story: After a stabbing on a flight to Israel, the pilot is stable.. You will hear it in German first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in German: Nach einem Messerangriff auf einem Flug nach Israel ist der Pilot stabil.

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:37) Three more stories today

(01:41) Today's headline, slowly

(02:33) Overpowering someone

(03:24) A safe landing

(04:19) Arriving later

(05:17) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/german/a1/2026-10-01

TODAY'S GERMAN TEXT

Nach einem Messerangriff auf einem Flug nach Israel ist der Pilot stabil.

Passagiere und Besatzung überwältigten den Angreifer im Flugzeug.

Der andere Pilot soll seinen Kollegen am Mittwoch mit einem Messer angegriffen haben.

Das Flugzeug landete sicher in Tabuk in Saudi-Arabien.

Mehr als 170 Menschen waren an Bord, fast alle waren Israelis.

Die Passagiere kamen später mit einem anderen Flug in Tel Aviv an.

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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- verb (überwältigen)

- vocabulary (am Mittwoch)

- vocabulary (landete)

- vocabulary (an Bord)

- vocabulary (später)

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