Oct 1, 2026 · 16 min · 11 segments
A FlyDubai flight bound for Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after one pilot allegedly stabbed the other and tried to crash the plane, with all passengers safe and investigators…
Michel MartinHost
Quil Lawrence
Kat LonsdorfFranco OrdoñezA MartínezHost
Passengers on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv are describing what happened on board a Flydubai airplane that caused them to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
The plane signaled a distress call on Wednesday after one of the pilots apparently stabbed the other pilot and seemed to be trying to crash the plane with everyone on board.
There's still a lot we don't know, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put out a statement after speaking with some of the passengers who told him that the plane went into a spin and began to plunge as one of the pilots was trying to sabotage the aircraft's systems after stabbing his co-pilot.
He said some passengers sprang into action and were able to enter the cockpit after the pilot who was stabbed unlocked the cockpit door during the attack.
Israeli officials released a video of Netanyahu talking to one of those passengers, a man named Yaniv Hayun, once he landed back in Israel.
[speaking foreign language]
He described how he put the attacker in a chokehold and pulled the plane's controls up to try to right it.
Hayun says he's a plumber, but he thought to do that after seeing it in a TV show.
He also said that there happened to be another flight crew on the plane who jumped in to help land it.
You were at the airport in Tel Aviv last night as the passengers arrived there.
Passengers on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv are describing what happened on board a Flydubai airplane that caused them to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
The plane signaled a distress call on Wednesday after one of the pilots apparently stabbed the other pilot and seemed to be trying to crash the plane with everyone on board.
There's still a lot we don't know, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put out a statement after speaking with some of the passengers who told him that the plane went into a spin and began to plunge as one of the pilots was trying to sabotage the aircraft's systems after stabbing his co-pilot.
He said some passengers sprang into action and were able to enter the cockpit after the pilot who was stabbed unlocked the cockpit door during the attack.
Israeli officials released a video of Netanyahu talking to one of those passengers, a man named Yaniv Hayun, once he landed back in Israel.
[speaking foreign language]
He described how he put the attacker in a chokehold and pulled the plane's controls up to try to right it.
Hayun says he's a plumber, but he thought to do that after seeing it in a TV show.
He also said that there happened to be another flight crew on the plane who jumped in to help land it.
You were at the airport in Tel Aviv last night as the passengers arrived there.
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