{
  "id": 11289495,
  "title": "\"Mayday\" EP on FlyDubai passenger saying show helped him during attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/mayday-ep-on-flydubai-passenger-saying-show-helped-him-during-attack",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-01T22:02:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBS News",
    "slug": "cbs-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbsnews.com/news/flydubai-passenger-mayday-stabilize-plane-alex-bystram/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mayday executive producer Alex Bystram discussed a future episode with his co-workers when he learned a viewer had been a passenger on FlyDubai Flight 1073. This passenger, Yaniv Hayun, used what he saw in the series to help stabilize the plane during an attack by the co-pilot. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Hayun at the airport, where he told him, \"This is the honor. You are the honor. You are the hero.\" The plane was en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv when the co-pilot stabbed the captain. Witnesses say passengers and crew subdued the attacker, and Hayun began pulling back on the controls, which helped the plane level out. Two off-duty pilots then gained control and made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. No passengers were seriously injured, but the pilot received stab wounds, and two crew members were hospitalized with unspecified injuries. Bystram expressed that if the series can increase aviation safety, even slightly, it is a valuable outcome.",
  "summary": "Alex Bystram, the show's executive producer, said he did not expect someone to use what they saw in the series in a real-life scenario, but it was \"a fantastic byproduct.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}