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How Watching a TV Show Saved 182 People From a Horrific Death: Flydubai Passenger Makes Shocking Confession

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On September 30, the world was shocked by an attempted terrorist attack on a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, when a pilot hit his colleague and the 182 people on board were a hair’s breadth away from a terrible death. Thanks to the efforts of the passengers, the terrorist was neutralized, but one of them unexpectedly became a superhero, preventing the plane from crashing. A small nuance — this plumber had never sat in the pilot’s seat of…

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The commander had been stabbed by the copilot and Boeing 737 MAX had lost about 17,000 feet in a few dozen seconds when Yaniv Hayoun entered the cabin of...

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Yaniv Hayun, 50, who was hailed as a hero in Israel after he and three passengers managed to overpower the co-pilot who attacked the plane's captain and apparently wanted to crash the plane with more than 170 people on board, revealed that he knew how to stabilize the plane's flight thanks to watching a television program.

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A passenger who helped save a Tel Aviv-bound flight carrying more than 170 people from a crash says he knew how to stabilize the sinking plane thanks to watching a TV show about plane crashes, Reuters reports. Yaniv Hayoun, 50, has been hailed a hero in Israel after he […]

On September 30, the world was shocked by an attempted terrorist attack on a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, when a pilot hit his colleague and the 182 people on board were a hair’s breadth away from a terrible death. Thanks to the efforts of the passengers, the terrorist was neutralized, but one of them unexpectedly became a superhero, preventing the plane from crashing. A small nuance — this plumber had never sat in the pilot’s seat of…

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Passengers on a flydubai flight restrained the attacking co-pilot, who they said knew how to bring the aircraft back because he had seen "Air Crash Investigation".

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