TEL AVIV, Oct 2 — One of the passengers who overpowered the attacker on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv and prevented a crash said a TV series about aviation disasters helped him know what to do in the cockpit, German Press Agency (dpa) reported.
In videos of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Tel Aviv airport on Wednesday evening, Yaniv Hayoun said that after helping to overpower the co-pilot who had stabbed the captain, he entered the cockpit, took the controls and began pulling back on the levers.
During the ordeal, the aircraft plunged thousands of feet within minutes before being brought under control.
Asked how he knew what to do, Hayoun, a plumber by trade, according to Netanyahu, referred to the TV programme Mayday.
