Air Passenger Heroics

“One pilot stabbed another at the controls of an Emirati flight to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, causing it to suddenly plunge thousands of feet until passengers and the crew won a fight to regain control of the plane. Passengers described a terrifying fall during the attack, which ended when some of them stepped into the melee and managed to subdue the aggressive pilot. Overhead bins swung open, parents clung to their children, and videos from inside the plane showed at least one wounded man and others on board covered in blood.” Plane to Israel Narrowly Averts Disaster After Pilot Stabbing.

+ “Three of us jumped on him forcefully, and we tied him up with his own zip ties and with the multimedia headphones. That is how we neutralized him.” Passenger describes grabbing attacker and taking plane controls after pilot stabbed on Israel flight.