Flydubai passenger describes putting attacker in chokehold after cockpit stabbing

Passengers on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv described subduing an attacker after a cockpit stabbing, according to accounts shared with Israeli officials. “Someone screamed... the airy went out," Hayun said successful a video posted by the premier curate connected societal media." The aircraft, en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, plummeted 17,000ft (5,200m) in less than 2 minutes. Appearing in a bloodstained garment after the ordeal, Yaniv Hayun told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he realised something was incorrect when the craft abruptly dropped. Hayun and others attempted to force the cockpit door open, but the stabbed pilot was positioned close to it, making access difficult. Before collapsing, the injured pilot managed to open the door. When Hayun and another individual entered the cockpit, he said he saw one pilot down and the attacker positioned between the two seats, "trying to destroy the instruments in order to...disable the plane". “I grabbed the attacker, enactment him successful a chokehold, and pulled him - archetypal and foremost - outside," Hayun said. “We pulled him out; it was a substance of seconds. I called retired to the Israeli guys with america connected the level - I called them, and 2 different guys came implicit to me... we pinned [the attacker] down to support him secure."