Netanyahu Praises Plumber for Averting Plane Disaster
Passengers and crew restrained the attacker, and all 174 people aboard survived after the plane made an emergency landing, Netanyahu said.
- On Wednesday, FlyDubai flight FZ1073 from the United Arab Emirates to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after a co-pilot attacked Captain Smit Machchhar, sending the jet into sharp descent.
- Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayoun rushed the cockpit after hearing screams, pulling the attacker away and grabbing the controls as the plane plummeted nearly 14,000 feet before off-duty pilots stabilized the aircraft.
- Despite suffering heavy blood loss, Captain Machchhar released the cockpit door, allowing passengers to intervene; all 174 people aboard survived, which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called an act of 'immense courage.'
- Following the emergency landing, Saudi authorities detained the Omani co-pilot, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed agreed to allow Israel to participate in the suspect's interrogation.
- Terrorism investigators are probing potential links to Iranian proxies, as Netanyahu described the event as a 'highly severe security incident' that could have been a '9/11-style disaster.
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Netanyahu meets Israeli civilian who helped stop flydubai disaster
Credit: CC: Benjamin Netanyahu on XIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Israeli civilian passenger Yaniv Ohayon and praised Indian Captain Smit Machchhar for their roles in stopping a hijacking of a flydubai flight en route to Tel Aviv.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu personally thanked the passenger of Flydubai, who had rescued the aircraft after the fight of the pilots on board. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at Ben Gurion airport with a Flydubay flight passenger who had helped disarm the pilot who had a fight in the cab and handed over to RBK. The video of communication with a man in bloody clothes was published on social media. "What you did was unb…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has met passenger Yoniv, who helped neutralize the co-pilot from Oman, suspected of trying to crash a Flydubai company plane with about 180 people on board.During the meeting, Yoniv was still wearing the T-shirt covered in blood, after he had intervened to stop A co-pilot during the incident on the plane, Netanyahu praised the passenger for his actions, calling him a hero. Yoniv, you are a real hero. I l…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called the Indian pilot who was attacked by his co-pilot during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 174 people on board a "hero", Reuters and Agence France-Presse reported, BTA reported. "Faced with a terrible threat and despite being seriously injured, he did not hesitate and showed incredible courage and determination to save the lives of others. His bravery helped save hundreds of lives and avert a maj…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that an Israeli plumber helped avert a crash after a fight broke out in the cockpit of a plane carrying 174 passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv, and also praised the Indian pilot and others who helped.
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