News Anchor Opens Special Broadcast with Psalm After Rescue Flight Lands
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- Anchor recited Psalm 100 to express gratitude for passenger safety.
- Israeli passengers thwarted a pilot's hijacking attempt on a Flydubai flight.
- A rescue flight brought passengers back to Israel from Saudi Arabia.
- The incident occurred on a flight from Dubai to Israel.
Magi Tביבי, a news anchor for Channel 14, opened a special broadcast by reciting Psalm 100, "A Psalm of Thanksgiving," following the landing of a rescue flight from Saudi Arabia. The broadcast covered the return of passengers from a Flydubai flight that had departed from Saudi Arabia after a serious incident earlier in the day.
The anchor chose to begin the coverage with the psalm of gratitude after Israeli passengers on the flight demonstrated resourcefulness, overpowering an attacker and preventing a potential disaster. The broadcast expressed relief at the passengers' safe return to Israel.
Earlier in the morning, during a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel, one of the pilots attempted to hijack the plane and stabbed the other pilot. Israeli passengers intervened, successfully subduing the hijacker and averting a major catastrophe. Subsequently, a rescue flight departed from Saudi Arabia to bring the passengers back to Israel.
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