A pilot's bedside account returns to 9 News Australia's coverage
Two Flydubai interview uploads join reports on a fire ant lockdown and the Canadian military base disaster.
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Flydubai pilot opens up about mid-flight attack
The Flydubai story has moved from reports of a mid-flight attack to the captain's own account. 9 News Australia posted two bedside-interview uploads, with the pilot describing the ordeal he experienced. Those videos currently have the strongest daily momentum among the channel's active uploads.
The biggest new audience, however, went to a broader bulletin: "Aftermath of supermarket machete attack; Trump endorses Netanyahu | 9 News Australia" drew about 15,000 views in its first three hours. It follows a separate report on arrests after the alleged attack, giving the week's coverage a continuing local-news thread alongside international headlines.
Across fifteen uploads, the slate also included a fire ant outbreak prompting a biosecurity lockdown and the deaths at a Canadian military base. The latter report sits behind the two pilot interviews in current daily viewing momentum.
The channel added roughly twelve million views over seven days, almost the same weekly total as 7NEWS Australia. Subscribers increased modestly, although current daily viewing is below the channel's usual level. For 9 News Australia, the pilot's return to the story, this time speaking from his bedside, supplies the clearest follow-up in the week's selection.
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The videos drawing views on 9 News Australia right now
Aftermath of supermarket machete attack; Trump endorses Netanyahu | 9…15,076 views · 2026-10-19
Fire ant outbreak sparks biosecurity lockdown | 9 News Australia6,236 views · 2026-10-18
Flydubai pilot recounts terrifying ordeal in bedside interview | 9 Ne…5,927 views · 2026-10-18
Four dead in once in a 25-year disaster at Canadian military base | 9…5,513 views · 2026-10-18
Three arrested after alleged machete attack | 9 News Australia5,318 views · 2026-10-18
- Channel
- 9 News Australia
- Subscribers
- 1,900,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 12,180,198
- Videos published this week
- 15
- Video published
- October 18, 2026
- Video views so far
- 6,223
The numbers
Here is how 9 News Australia's week looks in views and subscribers.
