'I pulled the controls': Passenger tells Israeli PM how he helped stop attacker

'I pulled the controls': Passenger tells Israeli PM how he helped stop attacker A passenger aboard a diverted Flydubai flight told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he and other travelers subdued the alleged cockpit assailant and pulled back on the aircraft’s controls to stop it from nose‑diving. Speaking at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, where he was greeted by the premier, the passenger said he helped pin the suspected attacker to the floor and then pulled the plane’s controls backward, arresting the rapid descent. The jet had plummeted about 17,000 feet in under two minutes before being diverted to Saudi Arabia. Passengers have since safely landed in Tel Aviv after a replacement Flydubai aircraft transported them to their destination.