CHOKEHOLD IN THE COCKPIT: How Flight 1073 Was Saved
Flydubai Flight 1073, Dubai to Tel Aviv, 174 people on board. Israeli officials say the Omani co-pilot stabbed the captain and tried to crash the plane, and it lost thousands of feet in seconds, per the Times of Israel, CNBC and Newsweek. The wounded captain, Smit Machchhar, unlocked the cockpit door before he collapsed. An Israeli passenger with an aviation background, Yaniv Hayun, ran in. His words: "When I walked in, I saw the attacker on the instruments between the two seats. There were no pilots in the seats." And then: "I grabbed the attacker, put him in a chokehold, and pulled him…
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