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Israeli embassy says the Sydney couple were on board flight that was dramatically diverted after one pilot allegedly stabbed the other
Australian couple among passengers on diverted flydubai flight to Israel, embassy says Israeli embassy says the Sydney couple were on board flight that was dramatically diverted after one pilot allegedly stabbed the other a flight to Tel Aviv that was diverted after one of the pilots allegedly stabbed the other in an attack The passengers are a Jewish couple from Sydney, the embassy in Australia confirmed to the Guardian on Thursday.
No further details were provided. One of the pilots, whom Israeli officials said was an Omani citizen, is accused of stabbing his co-pilot. During the alleged attack, Passenger Yaniv Hayoun later recounted how he and other passengers heard screaming and felt pressure as the plane dived before forcing their way into the cockpit and finding the attacker at the instrument panel.
“I grabbed the attacker, put him in a chokehold, and dragged him out first,” Hayoun said during a meeting with Netanyahu after the plane had landed safely and the passengers were flown to Israel. “He was trying to destroy the instruments to disable the plane. ” Israel’s ambassador to Australia, Hillel Newman, said the incident reminded him of the 11 September attacks.
“You have here a very special incident, and due to the real heroism of some people on board, they were saved. ”“It just shows that … those that hate Israel also hate the peace.
“It’s an attempt to hit at the peace itself, at the Abraham Accords, and the relationships which Israel does have with Arab and Muslim countries. ”Saeid thought he could protest the Iranian regime freely in Australia.
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