# FlyDubai passenger calls pilot who opened cockpit door ‘our hero’

https://mins.news/en/video/83717

- CBC News, 2026-10-02 15:21 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zyp6vSrVs28

> Passenger Almog Italie recounts how the FlyDubai plane plunged into a nosedive after its co-pilot stabbed the pilot and tried to crash the aircraft. He says the pilot, passengers and a backup crew member acted to save everyone on board.

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