Five passengers stop hijacking on FlyDubai Boeing 737 MAX to Tel Aviv
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- Five passengers – Yaniv Hayun, Asaf Rajuan, Shota Musayev, Tzvika Manes and Tali Manes – are credited with thwarting a hijacking on flight FZ1073, a Boeing‑737 MAX operated by FlyDubai that departed the United Arab Emirates for Tel Aviv.
- The hijacker, identified as the first officer and an Omani national, tried to seize the aircraft and later stabbed the captain, Smit Machchhar, who was severely injured and is recovering in a Saudi hospital.
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