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​Details continue to emerge regarding the survival of a flydubai flight bound from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, which was forced to make an emergency landing in Tabuk following an onboard attack.
​During the rescue effort, two names prominently emerged: the flight's captain, injured Indian pilot Sumeet Machhar, and an Israeli passenger, Yaniv Hayon.
​Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Machhar as a "hero" after he managed to continue flying and land the aircraft despite being injured by his co-pilot. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also commended his actions.
​The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia announced that the pilot is receiving necessary medical treatment at a hospital in Tabuk, in northwestern Saudi Arabia, and is currently in stable condition.
​flydubai stated that an altercation took place inside the cockpit of Flight FZ 1073, forcing the aircraft to alter its route and make an emergency landing in Tabuk.
​Israeli media reported that the Indian pilot was attacked in an incident that left several flight deck crew members injured, before he managed to regain control of the aircraft, divert its course, and make the emergency landing in Tabuk.
​Reports also highlighted Yaniv Hayon, an Israeli plumber who intervened by entering the cockpit, tackling the co-pilot who attacked the captain, and restraining him on the floor.
​Netanyahu stated that the Israeli passenger helped avert a disaster, adding that he was informed Hayon "managed to enter the cockpit, saw the attacker, grabbed him from behind, pulled him back, sat in the pilot's seat, and pulled back on the joystick."
​Passengers provided harrowing accounts of the incident aboard the aircraft, which plummeted from approximately 34,000 feet to less than 17,000 feet in under a minute, according to tracking data from Flightradar24.
​Israeli media reported that 174 passengers were on board the flight, 166 of whom were Israeli citizens.
​Source: Rum News Agency