An Israeli passenger, who took control of an Israel-bound flydubai passenger jet after its pilot was stabbed and wounded by the co-pilot during an apparent hijacking attempt told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he knew how to control the aircraft because, “I watch Air Crash Investigation.”
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In a video posted by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, the man told Netanyahu how passengers restrained the co-pilot, reportedly an Omani citizen, after the captain, an Indian national, managed to open the cockpit door despite being seriously wounded.
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Israeli media identified the passenger as Yaniv Hayun.
"I jumped back into it (the cockpit) and pulled the controls. I started pulling the...," Hayun said in Hebrew, before Netanyahu interjected: "You pulled the controls? You knew?"
"Yes, because I watch Air Crash Investigations, Mr Prime Minister. And then the plane started to level out, a bit more. And then the pilot told me he was taking control from there," he added, as Netanyahu burst into laughter.
