FlyDubai Passenger Who Helped Subdue Pilot Describes Stabbing Attack in Cockpit

FlyDubai pilot hailed as ‘national hero’ as he describes attack

FlyDubai pilot hailed as ‘national hero’ as he describes attack

Oct 2, 2026

FlyDubai pilot describes opening cockpit door during attack

The Indian pilot who was stabbed by his co-pilot on a Flydubai flight to Israel describes the attack.

Oct 2, 2026

FlyDubai Passenger Who Helped Subdue Pilot Describes Stabbing Attack in Cockpit

A passenger on a flight to Tel Aviv on Wednesday said he watched in horror as the plane’s pilots tumbled out of the cockpit, locked in a bloody brawl.

Oct 1, 2026

Netanyahu meets Flydubai passenger who subdued pilot in stabbing attack

Benjamin Netanyahu has met Yaniv Hayun, the Flydubai passenger that helped restrain a pilot who stabbed a colleague.

Sep 30, 2026

FlyDubai pilot on cockpit attack: ‘I was fighting for my life’

The Indian pilot stabbed by his copilot in an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai aircraft recounted how he fought to save the 182 people on board. Airline Capt. Smit Machchhar told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call released by the prime minister’s office on Friday that he was “fighting for my…

Oct 2, 2026

Flydubai passenger describes putting attacker in chokehold after cockpit stabbing

Other passengers on the Israel-bound flight described the "terrifying" moment the plane dropped.

Sep 30, 2026