Plumber who helped overpower Flydubai attacker says TV series taught him what to do

On October 2, a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv narrowly avoided disaster after a co-pilot attacked the captain mid-flight.

Yaniv Hayoun, a passenger with no formal aviation training, entered the cockpit and managed to stabilize the plane temporarily, drawing knowledge from the TV series "Mayday." After the potential catastrophe was averted, the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, with an off-duty crew member taking full control.

The motive for the attack remains unclear, and the UAE authorities have initiated an investigation.

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 .

The series has been broadcast internationally since 2003 and goes by various names, including Air Emergency and Air Crash Investigation .

The Canadian production company behind it says the episodes examine well-known aviation disasters using audio recordings, eyewitness accounts and interviews with experts. The accidents are also dramatised using actors and computer animation.

After the suspected attacker was overpowered and a mid-air catastrophe averted, the aircraft made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. A second, off-duty crew who happened to be travelling in the cabin took the controls.

The stabbed captain, Indian national Smit Machchhar, is in hospital in stable condition and has been hailed as a “true hero”.

The motive of the co-pilot, who is in custody, is unknown.

Authorities have not said to what extent Hayoun was able to stabilise the aircraft before the second crew took over. Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have launched an investigation into the incident.

Netanyahu recounted his conversation with Hayoun in an interview with US broadcaster CBS .

“I asked him, ‘What do you do for a living?’” the prime minister said. “And he told me: ‘Well, I’m, you know, I unclog sewage clogs.’” — Bernama-dpa

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10 月 2 日，一架从迪拜飞往特拉维夫的迪拜航空航班险些酿成灾难，当时一名副驾驶在飞行途中袭击了机长。

乘客亚尼夫·哈尤恩没有接受过任何正规的航空训练，但他进入驾驶舱后，凭借从电视剧《紧急呼救》中学到的知识，设法暂时稳定了飞机。在避免了潜在的灾难后，飞机在沙特阿拉伯紧急迫降，由一名休班机组人员完全控制了飞机。

袭击动机尚不清楚，阿联酋当局已展开调查。

特拉维夫，10 月 2 日——据德国新闻社 (dpa) 报道，一名在迪拜飞往特拉维夫的 Flydubai 航班上制服袭击者并阻止飞机坠毁的乘客表示，一部关于航空灾难的电视剧帮助他知道在驾驶舱内应该做什么。

在周三晚上于特拉维夫机场与以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡会面的视频中，亚尼夫·哈尤恩表示，在帮助制服刺伤机长的副驾驶后，他进入驾驶舱，接管了控制权，并开始拉动操纵杆。

在整个过程中，飞机在几分钟内骤降数千英尺，之后才被控制住。

当被问及如何知道该怎么做时，据内塔尼亚胡称，身为水管工的哈尤恩提到了电视节目《求救信号》。

该系列节目自 2003 年起在国际上播出，并有多种名称，包括《空中紧急救援》和《空中事故调查》。

制作该节目的加拿大公司表示，这些剧集通过录音、目击者证词和专家访谈，探讨了著名的航空灾难。此外，剧集还运用演员表演和电脑动画，对事故场景进行了戏剧化呈现。

在嫌疑袭击者被制服、避免了一场空中灾难后，飞机在沙特阿拉伯紧急迫降。当时恰巧在机舱内的另一组休班机组人员接管了飞机的控制权。

被刺伤的队长，印度公民斯米特·马赫查尔，目前在医院情况稳定，被誉为“真正的英雄”。

已被拘留的副驾驶的作案动机不明。

当局尚未说明在第二组机组人员接管飞机之前，哈尤恩在多大程度上稳定了飞机。阿联酋当局已对此事件展开调查。

内塔尼亚胡在接受美国广播公司CBS采访时讲述了他与哈尤恩的谈话。

“我问他，‘你是做什么工作的？’”首相说。“他告诉我：‘嗯，你知道，我是疏通下水道的。’”——马新社-德新社

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