{
  "id": 11206480,
  "title": "Israeli passenger says he knew what to do on flydubai plane after watching TV show",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/israeli-passenger-says-he-knew-what-to-do-on-flydubai-plane-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T13:46:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/israeli-passenger-says-he-knew-what-do-flydubai-plane-after-watching-tv-show"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "By Michal Yaakov Itzhaki NES ZIONA, Israel, Oct 1 (Reuters) - A passenger who helped save a flight carrying more than 170 people to Tel Aviv from crashing says he knew how to stabilise a nose-diving aircraft after watching an aircrash TV show. Yaniv Hayun, 50, is being hailed in Israel as a hero after he and three other Israeli passengers managed to subdue the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073,…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}