️🇮🇱🇸🇦🇦🇪 Courier: A minute-by-minute description of the dramatic moments when the Omani co-pilot on board the Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv allegedly tried to take control of the plane and crash:

️🇮🇱🇸🇦🇦🇪 Courier: A minute-by-minute description of the dramatic moments when the Omani co-pilot on board the Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv allegedly tried to take control of the plane and crash:

09:15 - Co-pilot Hammam Al Hamami says he wants to pray.

09:20 - Al Hamami attacks the Indian captain, Smith Machar, from behind with an emergency ax. During the ensuing struggle, the injured captain manages to open the cockpit door.

09:21 - As the passengers rush to the cockpit, Al Hamami disconnects the autopilot, takes control of the plane, shuts down both engines and pushes the control column fully forward, sending the plane into a dive over the Saudi desert.

09:22 - Before being removed from the cockpit, al-Hami allegedly tries to disable the plane's systems. After that, the Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayon pulled back on the control column to prevent the plane from losing further altitude.

09:25 - Two off-duty pilots intervene and return the plane to a stable flight.