A plumber and a dentist are praised as heroes in FlyDubai near-disaster
A plumber and a dentist are being praised as heroes following a dramatic incident on a FlyDubai flight traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
JERUSALEM — A dentist and other passengers wrestled with a violent copilot. A plumber seized the controls of the plane as it plunged toward the desert. And that’s after the captain managed to open the cockpit door while being stabbed, helping to save all 174 people on board the Israel-bound flight.
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