# “I grabbed the controls”: Flydubai survivor recounts cockpit attack as he meets Netanyahu

https://mins.news/en/item/81399

- euronews, 2026-10-01 04:20 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/10/01/i-grabbed-the-controls-flydubai-survivor-recounts-dramatic-cockpit-attack-as-he-meets-neta

> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Yaniv Hayun, a passenger who helped subdue a pilot after a stabbing aboard a Flydubai flight bound for Israel. Hayun recalled the dramatic cockpit attack.

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