Israeli passenger says he knew what to do on flydubai plane after watching TV show
Yaniv Hayun and three other Israeli passengers restrained the assailant after the captain was stabbed, preventing a crash on a flight carrying 174 people.
- On Thursday, passengers on FlyDubai flight FZ1073 subdued a co-pilot who stabbed the captain, forcing an emergency diversion to Saudi Arabia and preventing a disaster involving 174 passengers.
- The co-pilot attacked the captain, sending the plane into a 90-degree nose-dive that caused a 14,000ft altitude loss in less than one minute during the final hour before landing.
- Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayun subdued the assailant using a chokehold and headphone cables, then stabilized the aircraft using techniques learned from watching Air Crash Investigation.
- In Jerusalem yesterday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Hayun and other passengers, describing them as "heroes" for their intervention that saved 174 people aboard.
- At Ben Gurion Airport, passenger Rajuan rejected the hero label, saying "It's something you do without thinking" when protecting family and fellow passengers during crisis.
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One passenger, who helped prevent a disaster on a Flydubai flight carrying 170 people to Tel Aviv, Israel, shared that he knew how to control the plane as it was nose-diving because he had watched television programs about aviation accidents.
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