There was actually no Russian or Ukrainian pilot on the FlyDubai flight that was rescued from the attempted attack on September 30. On October 28, awards were given in Abu Dhabi to two pilots who stopped an attempted hijacking of a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight. They turned out to be Fijian Steven Hanson and South African Rowan Tutt. Recall that earlier there was information in the media that the flight allegedly almost crashed due to a fight between two pilots - a Russian and a Ukrainian. Later information emerged that there was no fight, and the Russian and Ukrainian actually saved the plane by neutralizing the Arab pilot who tried to hijack it.

There was actually no Russian or Ukrainian pilot on the FlyDubai flight that was rescued from the attempted attack on September 30. On October 28, awards were given in Abu Dhabi to two pilots who stopped an attempted hijacking of a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight. They turned out to be Fijian Steven Hanson and South African Rowan Tutt. Recall that earlier there was information in the media that the flight allegedly almost crashed due to a fight between two pilots - a Russian and a Ukrainian. Later information emerged that there was no fight, and the Russian and Ukrainian actually saved the plane by neutralizing the Arab pilot who tried to hijack it.