Trump thanks man who helped save Flydubai flight: ‘What a job he did, he’s a hero’

‘Everyone Is a Hero’: Israeli Plumber Recounts Desperate Battle to Save Flydubai Jet as Aircraft Plunged Toward Ground

Everyone Is a Hero’: Israeli Plumber Recounts Desperate Battle to Save Flydubai Jet as Aircraft Plunged Toward Ground By: Fern Sidman An Israeli plumber traveling home with his wife and children has emerged as one of the central figures in the extraordinary struggle aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073, describing in harrowing detail how he raced toward the cockpit, pulled an alleged attacker away from the controls and, for several critical seconds, to…

Yaniv Hayun Offers New Details of How Passengers Fought to Save Flydubai Flight

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayun, who has been hailed as one of the heroes who helped prevent a catastrophe aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073, described the terrifying moments when an alleged hijacking attempt sent the aircraft into a steep dive and left passengers fighting to regain control. Hayun, a 50-year-old plumber who was traveling […]

New Details Emerge About Hero Who Rushed Cockpit To Stop 9/11-Style Attack

A new interview with Yaniv Hayoun, one of the passengers credited with helping to avert disaster aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073 gave new details about the moment he rushed the cockpit and what happened next. Hayoun explained that he’d been seated in Row 11 with his wife and daughters, and everything had seemed normal until he heard a woman yelling at the front of the plane that there had been a “stabbing.” It was not clear from what she shouted w…

How a TV show may have helped save Flight 1073 from disaster

One passenger aboard the diverted Flydubai flight has pointed to an unlikely source of inspiration behind his miraculous effort to help subdue the alleged attacker and take control of the plane: a TV show which reconstructs real-life air disasters. After entering the cockpit, Yaniv Hayoun started “pulling back the handles,” he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday. The Israeli prime minister asked if he knew how to operate …

In depth with Yaniv Hayoun

I’m awaiting further facts before updating the story of the attempted terrorist attack on Israel and the Israelis flying flydubai Flight FZ 1073. Early this morning ABC News posted this update, but I should think there will be more to come soon. Yesterday Israel’s Channel 12 News caught up with plumber Yaniv Hayoun. Yaniv is one of the heroes who saved the day after Captain Smit Machchhar managed to unlock the door to the cockpit while bleeding …

How ordinary Israelis helped save a Flydubai flight