# Flight simulator shows what happened during hijacking attempt

https://mins.news/en/video/81167

- CNN, 2026-10-01 00:31 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exeC7oRUyuE

> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a pilot on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight stabbed the other pilot in the cockpit in an apparent attempt to crash the plane. Despite being injured, Captain Smit Machchhar fought back and “managed to prevent a 9/11 disaster,” Netanyahu told CNN. Pilot and instructor Aaron Murphy used a simulator to demonstrate the cockpit struggle.

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