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The four hero passengers who helped to prevent Flydubai hijacking disaster

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The Independent UK · Oct 1

Plumber and dentist among hero passengers to receive medal of honour for averting Flydubai hijacking

Israel to award Yaniv Hayoun and three others for tackling the suspect and saving the flight from crashing

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Netanyahu praises passenger who intervened in Flydubai plane hijacking incident

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised a heroic passenger who intervened after a pilot on an Israel-bound flight stabbed another pilot and may have deliberately tried to crash the plane.

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Israel flight hijacking latest: New footage emerges from inside plane after co-pilot ‘attacked captain with axe’

The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv plunged approximately 13,000 feet in 30 seconds after the pilot lost control of the aircraft

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Midair miracles: Passengers hail Captain Smit Machchhar and Israeli heroes who thwarted attack on flydubai flight

An Indian flydubai pilot, Captain Smit Machchhar, was seriously stabbed by his copilot in an attempted plane crash. Despite his injuries, he unlocked the cockpit door, enabling passengers and crew to overpower the attacker. The plane landed safely, and global leaders hailed the captain as a hero.

The Economic Times · Oct 1

‘Prayed excessively, refused handshakes with women’: Who was Omani Flydubai attacker?

Israeli authorities are investigating the midair crisis on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv after a co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain and attempted to take control of the aircraft.

The Times of India · Oct 1

‘Hero’ pilot, plumber and dentist among those who saved flydubai flight to Israel

Swift actions of Smit Machchhar allowed passengers and off-duty pilots to subdue attacker and land plane safely

The Guardian - AU · Oct 1