According to him, he believes he was able to level the plane, which was left without control, thanks to knowledge from a TV program about air crashes.
The Insider reported this, recounting Hayun’s meeting with Netanyahu and his account of the events on board. Hayun said that the co-pilot attacked the captain with a knife and wounded him, after which the captain managed to open the cockpit door and let passengers intervene.
When Hayun entered the cockpit, the injured man was lying on the floor, and the co-pilot was standing by the instrument panel and trying to smash the instruments to deprive the plane of control. According to Hayun, at that moment the plane’s nose was pointed downward.
Hayun stated that he used a choke hold, pulled the co-pilot out of the cockpit, and called for help from compatriots in the cabin. He also said that there were two other Flydubai pilots in the cabin, and then he himself sat in the pilot’s seat and began pulling the yokes, after which the plane leveled out slightly.
Flight FZ1073 flew from Dubai to Tel Aviv on the morning of September 30 and made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Captain Smith Machhar, a citizen of India, is in the hospital; the co-pilot’s name has not been disclosed, and Ynet claimed that he is a citizen of Oman. Israeli authorities are treating the incident as a terrorist attack, and according to media reports, Hayun works as a plumber.
Hayun mentioned the TV program Air Crash Investigation, which has been airing since 2003. In IMDb’s description, it is called a reconstruction of real air crashes with interviews with aviation experts and eyewitnesses.
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