A serious incident on a Flydubai flight has been described by one of the passengers, who claims he physically intervened against a suspected person near the aircraft’s controls. The account was made public during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, placing the घटना under the lens of official political communication as well.
What the passenger claims happened in the cockpit
Yaniv Hayoun said everything happened within seconds, after he realized that one of the pilots had been injured and was near the cockpit door. According to his account, he tried to enter the cockpit to understand what was happening.
He claimed that, once he managed to get inside, he saw both pilots out of their seats, while the suspected person was near the control panel and appeared to be interfering with the aircraft’s controls.
Passengers’ intervention
Hayoun said he called over several Israelis who were on board, and that two other people joined the intervention. According to him, they held the suspect down in order to neutralize him.
He further stated that he grabbed the suspected person by the throat and pulled him out of the cockpit. Immediately afterward, he claims, he returned to take control of the plane.
The claim about the aircraft controls
In his account, the passenger said he grabbed the controls and began pulling them back. He insisted that the intervention took place within moments and that he feared the consequences if the plane entered Israeli airspace without full control.
Asked how he knew what to do with the controls, he replied jokingly that he had been inspired by the television series “Air Crash Investigation.”
The account was made during a meeting with Netanyahu
Hayoun’s statements were made during a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, where the passengers’ intervention to stop the suspected person and help restore control of the plane was discussed.
At this stage, only the account made public at that meeting is in circulation, and no other independently verified details about the full dynamics of the onboard incident have been presented.
The incident raises serious questions about onboard security and how a suspected person was able, according to this version, to get close to the cockpit and the aircraft’s controls.
Beyond the passenger’s dramatic account, official clarifications and independent verification remain essential to understand exactly what happened on the Flydubai flight.