By Michal Yaakov Itzhaki
NES ZIONA, Israel, Oct 1 (Reuters) – A passenger who helped save a flight carrying more than 170 people to Tel Aviv from crashing says he knew how to stabilise a nose-diving aircraft after watching an aircrash TV show.
Yaniv Hayun, 50, is being hailed in Israel as a hero after he and three other Israeli passengers managed to subdue the co-pilot of flydubai flight FZ1073, who had stabbed its captain, before pulling up the jet’s steering control to right it.
A second air crew aboard helped land the plane safely in Saudi Arabia.
