Passenger Recounts Subduing Attacker on Flydubai Flight to Netanyahu
Translated & summarized from Alarab by baba
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- Netanyahu met with passenger Yaniv Hayoun.
- Hayoun helped subdue an attacker on a Flydubai flight.
- Hayoun restrained the attacker with other passengers.
- Hayoun briefly controlled the aircraft's yoke.
- Hayoun learned flying basics from documentaries.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with passenger Yaniv Hayoun at Ben Gurion Airport. Hayoun was one of the passengers who helped subdue an attacker, identified as the co-pilot, on a Flydubai flight. During their meeting, Hayoun detailed the incident, explaining how he surprised the attacker, restrained him, and pulled him out of the cockpit with the help of other Israeli passengers.
Hayoun stated that he then took control of the aircraft's yoke to adjust its course and re-stabilize it. He attributed his actions to general knowledge gained from watching aviation documentaries. Following his intervention, the captain resumed control of the flight.
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