Passenger Recounts Terror on Flydubai Flight Amidst Mid-Air Scare
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
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- Passengers on a Flydubai flight experienced intense fear and perceived danger.
- An eight-year-old girl thought the plane was going to crash.
- A teenage passenger heard shouts of a stabbing and saw people rush the cockpit.
- The flight eventually landed safely at Ben Gurion Airport.
An eight-year-old girl, Omer Shalom, described her intense fear during a Flydubai flight that landed at Ben Gurion Airport, stating, "I was terribly afraid because I thought we were going to crash." She recounted that her mother had told her they were landing in Saudi Arabia and would have a few more hours of flight time.
Another passenger, 16-year-old Peleg Itali from Ness Ziona, who was seated near the front, described the plane suddenly beginning to "lurch." He heard someone shout, "He's been stabbed, he's been stabbed." Following this, he witnessed "two heroes" rush towards the cockpit. "I started talking to God, I told him, 'Wow, sorry for everything I've done, please, paradise,'" he added.
The specific nature of the incident causing the plane to lurch and the alleged stabbing remains unclear from the provided text, but the passengers' reactions highlight a significant and frightening event during the flight.
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