Flydubai passenger describes hugging his children as plane nosedived during attack
He said there had been a "huge degree of panic" on the plane as there was a "very, very, very sharp decrease in height". What we know about stabbing on Flydubai flight to IsraelPublished11 hours agoHe thought at first that this was simply because of an air pocket, but "it took a lot of time, almost a minute".Everyone who wasn't seated fell to the floor, he said. "After a couple of seconds, we started to hear screams.
- ▪He said there had been a "huge degree of panic" on the plane as there was a "very, very, very sharp decrease in height".
- ▪What we know about stabbing on Flydubai flight to IsraelPublished11 hours agoHe thought at first that this was simply because of an air pocket, but "it took a lot of time, almost a minute".Everyone who wasn't seated fell to the floor, he sa
- ▪"After a couple of seconds, we started to hear screams.
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Flydubai passenger describes hugging his children as plane nosedived during attackImage source, Adam PolovincikImage caption, Adam Polovincik on the Flydubai flightByDoug FaulknerPublished7 minutes agoA man has described how he hugged and reassured his two young children as their plane suddenly descended after one pilot stabbed the other in an attempt to seize control of the flight.A Flydubai plane plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m) in less than two minutes around two hours into its journey from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, before passengers and crew overpowered him and retook control to land safely.Adam Polovincik, 40, told BBC Newshour that he hugged his six-year-old son and three-year-old daughter "really hard" and tried to stay calm for them as the attack unfolded.He praised the…
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