00:00And by Yaniv Haiyun, who was also a passenger on this Fly Dubai flight and his daughter, Noah, she was
00:07also one of the passengers on this flight.
00:10They join us to recount the horror that unfolded yesterday.
00:15Thank you for joining us.
00:17We would like to understand what did you exactly see when you entered the cockpit?
00:22Because we are showing our viewers the visuals in which the pilot can be seen lying, how he is bleeding
00:28profusely.
00:28The co-pilot can also be seen lying.
00:31Can you explain what exactly transpired?
00:35Tell me when I arrived, when I arrived, when I arrived at the cockpit, the cockpit was not complete.
00:43And me and other crew members opened and opened the cockpit.
00:48Tell me.
00:49The cockpit was on the side of the cockpit.
00:52He went to the cockpit door and it was unlocked.
00:58He and one crew member, he and one crew member, he and one crew member, pushed the door very hard
01:06and managed to get in.
01:13And the pilot was all on the ground, laid on the ground very injured.
01:38And there was another pilot that just ruined the systems.
01:56He grabbed him from behind and choked him.
01:59He wanted to pull him out from the system.
02:04From the cockpit out.
02:07He wanted to get him out of the cockpit.
02:12And Yaniv, if you could also tell us that how did the passengers rush to the cockpit and helped overpower
02:19the Omani co-pilot?
02:41He tried to fight back.
02:43Yaniv, he wanted, in all case, to stay in the cockpit, but they didn't let him.
02:49They pulled him out.
02:50They fight back.
02:53Yaniv, the moment you entered the cockpit after the altercation broke out between the pilot and the co-pilot,
02:58the stabbing happened and the pilot was lying.
03:01What did you see first?
03:03And, you know, what was the Omani co-pilot doing at that moment?
03:06Because we can see in the visuals how the Indian pilot is lying.
03:09He's bleeding profusely.
03:11But what about, what was the condition of the Omani co-pilot?
03:15Like you said, there was another one.
03:17Two.
03:18After we left the cockpit, I called the Israelis.
03:24The Israelis were still on the ground.
03:26The Israelis were still on the ground.
03:32Okay.
03:33After he pulled him out of the cockpit, there was another three Israeli guys that was helping him to control
03:43the situation.
03:47Take care of the pilot that got hurt and all the pilot that was hurting the others.
04:18When the three other men that was staying with the injured pilot
04:24and the terrorist, my father went to the cockpit and pulled the systems away.
04:36So the plane was straight.
04:38It was still diving when all this happened.
04:42And we were about to crash and he pulled the systems.
04:46And then there was another two pilots that were sitting with us in the economy class.
04:56And one of them came to my father and told him, let me do it.
05:03I will handle the plane.
05:06And he was taking control and my father then leave the cockpit and stay on the door so no one
05:14can enter the door.
05:16No one enters the cockpit.
05:27They really take care of Mr. Smith, the pilot.
05:31We would really like to know how easy, if he's okay, if he's out of trouble.
05:40So Yaniv says that when the passengers entered the cockpit, that is when the flight was still plunging.
05:48And that is when they saw the co-pilot, the Omani co-pilot.
05:52And then they were also told by two other pilots who were also traveling in the economy class,
05:57who were not wearing their uniform.
05:58They said that, okay, we will handle the situation.
06:01And then they took over the control.
06:03But also, tell us, how did the passengers, you know, gain access to the cockpit?
06:07How did they, like, come to know that there is something wrong which is going on and they need to
06:13intervene?
06:37Okay.
06:39You don't really know if the Indian pilot.
06:43opened the door but it was
06:45laid near the door
06:47and we'll for sure know
06:49the terrorist didn't
06:51want us to come in the
06:53cockpit so he
06:55thought that the Indian pilot
06:57opened it before
06:58it collapsed
07:01And what else do you remember
07:03about the heroic act by the Indian
07:05pilot? What happened when you entered
07:07the cockpit? Did he say something?
07:09Was there any message from the
07:11pilot?
07:17Of course
07:20Absolutely
07:22It's a hero
07:23I told him
07:25yesterday
07:26you're not going to die today
07:29He kept him alive
07:30all the flight
07:32there was a doctor
07:35and him and another
07:37two men were taking
07:39care of him
07:39he was watching him
07:41they were
07:44They were bandaged him
07:46They were bandaging him
07:48they made sure that he would stay alive
07:51until we land and someone take him to the hospital
07:56Yaniv
07:57According to you
07:58what was that crucial action
08:00by the Indian pilot
08:02Captain Smith Machard
08:03that helped avert this
08:04massive disaster
08:06this could have been a massive disaster
08:09catastrophic mid-air disaster
08:11and what helped save these
08:13174 lives?
08:16Captain
08:17Captain Smith
08:18it's a hero
08:19I think
08:22she
08:22is open the door
08:24because
08:25I believe
08:27it's
08:27it's
08:28near the door
08:30in the side of the cockpit
08:33I think
08:34it's
08:35opened the door
08:36and as
08:37and then
08:38it's
08:38crushed
08:39because
08:40it's
08:43and
08:47I want to tell him
08:49thank you for that
08:51if not
08:52if
08:52if we can't
08:53go inside the cockpit
08:55where all the passengers
08:58include me
08:59include my family
09:01it's
09:02die
09:02and appreciate
09:07encourage
09:08standing
09:09and
09:11fighting
09:12I
09:13I see him
09:13I see
09:14its end
09:15I
09:16I
09:17I
09:17I
09:17I
09:17I
09:18can
09:19I
09:21can
09:24I
09:25from how
09:26he was
09:26injured
09:27how much
09:28he fight back
09:29he
09:30tried
09:31to save us
09:32and we
09:34very appreciate
09:35for it
09:35and we
09:36we
09:36we
09:37we
09:40try to
09:43wish him a quick recovery and we would like to speak him and thank him
09:52and we would like to know how easy indeed yaniv despite being severely injured the pilot fought
09:59back very bravely and is now being hailed by uh everyone but you know it was it must have been
10:06a
10:06very harrowing experience not just for you but all the passengers who were on board the flight
10:11what was going on in your mind when you saw such a situation developing uh in the flight
10:37he don't know of the purpose he don't know why
10:41he did it and what was his purpose, he just know that he needed to take him out of the
10:47cockpit and save the plane because we were there, his family, him, all the passengers,
10:54he know that he need to save the plane.
10:58Yanev, one last question.
11:00What will be your message for the Indian hero, Smit Machar, who saved these 174 lives on
11:06board the Fly Dubai flight?
11:11We very love the Indian people and we appreciate them and we respect them and hope that our
11:18friendship will stay forever.
11:23Yanev and Noah, thank you so much for joining us and for recounting the ordeal, what exactly
11:28transpired on the flight, on the Fly Dubai flight yesterday and how the massive tragedy was
11:34averted and also for telling us about the heroic act by the Indian pilot, Smit Machar.
