Pilot Incident and Emergency Response

The pressure was immense, a force that pulled me down.

And there was someone else at the door in a white shirt, I assume

it was the pilot.

Because, because there were two pilots inside.

And outside, there happened to be two pilots sitting in the compa— in the— in the, in the, in the section.

I don't know what they were doing there. Their pilots.

He and I pushed the door. The pilot who had been stabbed was simply

close to the door, so it was hard for us to open it, but I think, in my opinion,

my conclusion is—

Do you think he opened it?

He managed to open it.

How could he open it? He had to get up there, right?

Before he collapsed.

Before he collapsed, he managed to.

He managed to.

Wow, that was great resourcefulness.

When I went in, I saw the retard

on the controls between the two seats. There weren't, there weren't any pilots

in the seats. One was down, one was on the controls, and another person came in with me.

Another one.

I grabbed the..., the assailant and put him in a chokehold

and first of all pulled him outside.

What was he doing on those controls? What was he doing?

He was trying to destroy the controls in order

to, to, to...

That's what—

to disable the plane.

That's what you saw.

Yes.

Okay.

We got him out. It took seconds. The plane's nose was like this.

I called the Israelis who were with us on the plane.

I called them, they came, and two more guys piled on top of me.

I told them that— we restrained him to it. I jumped back

to it and pulled the controls.

I started pulling the controls, then the…

The…

You pulled the controls?

Yes.

You knew— backward?

Backward.

You knew—

I'm a flight instructor in training, that's another thing I know.

And… the plane started leveling out a bit more, then the pilot

told me he was taking control from here.