# ‘I grabbed the controls’: FlyDubai survivor recounts cockpit attack as he meets Netanyahu

https://mins.news/en/video/81436

- euronews, 2026-10-01 06:39 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5lniof1xMg

> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Yaniv Hayun, a passenger who helped subdue a pilot after an alleged stabbing on a FlyDubai flight bound for Israel. Hayun recounted the dramatic cockpit attack during the meeting.

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