A crew member attacked the pilot on a plane bound for Israel and that didn't go well for said crew member.
A passenger on the Dubai–Tel Aviv flight recounts:
— Pepel Klaasa (@pepel_klaasa) September 30, 2026
“We are currently in Saudi Arabia.
One of the crew members attacked the pilot with a knife and disabled the aircraft’s systems. Yaniv (pictured?) and another passenger stormed the cockpit and subdued the attacker.
Luckily,… pic.twitter.com/hmg7QvvTuM
The passengers heard the commotion and stormed the cockpit. They weren't being hijacked by terrorists today.
PRO TIP:
— JewniorProMax (@JewniorProMax) September 30, 2026
Next time you try to Highjack a plane, maybe try the easier level, like an Irish airplane that would love to get highjacked, and not a plane full of Israeli army veterans, with combat training, a short fuse and a burning hate for terrorists…you are not ready for that…
This was very poor planning on the attacker's part.
הנוסע הישראלי שהשתלט על הטייס pic.twitter.com/JFmFfSapOO
— Tom Nissani רפוי (@TomNissani) September 30, 2026
In other words, that plot was foiled.
"Overall, the probability that a plane full of Israelis will contain a trained assault team, two additional pilots, and, statistically, at least one cardiac surgeon, psychologist, lawyer, and diamond dealer is substantially higher than 50%." https://t.co/jLyBxgzVrK
— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) September 30, 2026
And at least several of those people have no problem engaging in hand-to-hand combat.
Thinking of Daniel Lewin, the Israeli-American IDF veteran and first person murdered on 9/11, who fought back against the hijackers of Flight 11 before heroically losing his life.
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) September 30, 2026
More than 25 years later, Israelis once again fought back against a terrorist in the sky https://t.co/nJnpLjDha9
The moral of the story ... if bad people are on a plane, you want a good Jewish person on the plane also. Hopefully, many good Jewish people who served in the Israel Defense Forces.
I’ll take your “Allahu Akbar” and raise you 180 Israelis who want to live and will fight to do so.
— Josh Howie (@joshxhowie) September 30, 2026
Any other nation I suspect everyone would now be dead.
Thats because they have already learnt what this incident should, but won’t, teach the rest of us. https://t.co/VncH0z8Q8j
Jewish people know all too well what happens when a people becomes complacent or thinks they can just get along to get along. People like Hitler come along.
The thing I like most about Israelis is that they fight back against terrorists and refuse to just roll over and die https://t.co/kyyVlD45W3
— Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) September 30, 2026
It's an admirable quality.
The guy who helped the wounded pilot is a dentist.
— Pepel Klaasa (@pepel_klaasa) September 30, 2026
Yep, I forgot the dentists in the stats, my bad.
So passengers can just storm cockpits now?
— Bob Supreme (@y5ty7h689w1) September 30, 2026
Yes, if the flight attendant gives the access code
— Pepel Klaasa (@pepel_klaasa) September 30, 2026
Thank goodness they did.
This is where requiring mandatory military service comes in handy. With a plane filled with Israelis odds are you will have trained Military pilots on board
— MAGA1776 (@UltraMagaGirl) September 30, 2026
It certainly came in handy this time.