FlyDubai Crew Demanded Passengers Free Hijacker, Passenger Says
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
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- FlyDubai crew allegedly ordered passengers to free a co-pilot who attacked them.
- Passengers subdued the co-pilot, refusing the crew's demands.
- Passengers suspected the crew of being complicit with the attacker.
- The attacker reportedly cried out to be killed after being restrained.
The crew of a hijacked FlyDubai flight demanded that passengers release the attacker, according to an Israeli passenger who spoke to the New York Post. Tzvika Manes, 47, was one of three passengers who subdued the co-pilot, Hammam al-Hammami, after he attacked them. Manes stated that flight attendants ordered them to untie the assailant, saying, "You are not God, you have no right to kill him!" The passengers, however, were only trying to defend themselves, Manes explained, "We were not going to kill him, we just wanted him not to kill us." Another passenger, Ilan Hayoun, reported hearing al-Hammami cry out "Kill me, kill me" after he was restrained. Manes believes the attacker shouted this because he realized his "jihadist mission" had failed. Daniel Schlichter, 35, a passenger seated in the second row, corroborated that the crew demanded al-Hammami's release, leading passengers to suspect the crew was in league with the attacker.
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