During the September 30, 2026 mid-air attack aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073, injured Indian pilot

Описание: During the September 30, 2026 mid-air attack aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073, injured Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar fought off his knife-wielding co-pilot and unlocked the cockpit door, enabling four Israeli passengers—Yaniv Hayun (Hayon), Asaf Rajuan (Redjuan), Tzvika Manes, and dentist Dr. Shota Musaev—to rush the flight deck and save everyone on board. Hayun choked the attacker, pulled him from the controls, and briefly stabilized the diving aircraft before off-duty pilots took over, later stating, "I watch 'Air Crash Investigation,' so I pulled the controls and the plane began to level out." Simultaneously, Rajuan and Manes overpowered the suspect and bound him using headphone cables and zip ties for 55 minutes until the aircraft made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia; recalling the struggle, Rajuan said, "Life is stronger than everything, and we decided to fight for it," while Manes remarked, "It was a very difficult scenario, but because we're Israelis, so we responded quickly." Meanwhile, Dr. Musaev treated Captain Machchhar's severe head and hand wounds, stating, "By the time I got there, the pilot was already on the floor. He had lost a lot of blood. We had to stop the bleeding. We managed to stabilise him, stabilise his blood pressure."