6-Year-Old’s Toilet Break Helped Save Pilot, Passengers on Flydubai Flight

Brief By News18 / 6:10 PM on 02 Oct 2026

A six-year-old girl’s toilet break reportedly helped passengers intervene during an attack aboard a Flydubai flight bound for Israel. Nina Manes began screaming after hearing commotion inside the cockpit. Her father and two other passengers then entered the cockpit and subdued the attacker. Their intervention helped protect Indian pilot Smit Machchhar and nearly 180 other passengers aboard during the incident.

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