‘I had to shake them’: Passenger recalls rushing additional pilots to cockpit as flydubai plane was ‘diving’
After a fight between the pilots, a passenger had to shake two additional pilots to get them to take control as the plane plunged.
An Israeli passenger on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv recounted the harrowing events of an emergency landing after the plane was hijacked by a pilot. The attacker, who wanted to carry out a terrorist attack, was initially trying to force the wounded pilot out of the cockpit. Israeli passengers, sitting near the front of the plane, rushed to intervene in the struggle.
They physically fought the attacker while others used charging cables to restrain him. The pilot who was wounded resisted the attacker and was eventually taken control of by one of the additional pilots, who had been assigned to fly the plane. The other pilot took longer to recover from the shock and was the one who finally took control of the aircraft.
The attacker was eventually disarmed by the passengers and the plane made a safe emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The passengers, including families with children, were scared and in a state of panic, but Saudi doctors and kind-hearted Saudi officials provided comfort and assistance. The incident remains unverified and the motive behind the attack is still unknown.
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