The 5 People Who Saved Flight FZ1073

Описание: One cockpit. Five heroes. ✈️

On 30 September, flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, with 174 people on board, was attacked from inside its own cockpit.

👨‍✈️ Captain Smit Machchhar, 39, a father of two, was stabbed. Passengers believe he still got the cockpit door open before he collapsed.
🔧 Yaniv Hayun, a plumber, helped drag the attacker out, then pulled back on the controls. He'd watched "Air Crash Investigation" on TV.
🎧 Tzvika Manes and Asaf Rajuan helped overpower the attacker. They tied him up with headphone cables and held him for 50 minutes until landing.
🩺 Dr. Shota Musayev, a dentist and the only doctor on board, stopped the captain's bleeding.

Two other pilots on board landed the jet safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Israel's President has recommended the four passengers for the country's top civilian award for heroism, and Captain Machchhar is in stable condition.

Ordinary people. 174 lives.

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Sources: Ynetnews (1 Oct 2026), The Times of Israel, Newsweek, The Jerusalem Post, AP.
Photos: Yariv Katz / Ynet; Captain Machchhar via LinkedIn.

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