India, Oct. 1 -- An Israeli passenger onboard the flydubai flight, which plunged 14,000 feet after a fight in the cockpit, stated that a Canadian documentary had helped him subdue the attacker.

In a conversation with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yaniv Hayun, one of three Israeli passengers who helped subdue the attacker, recounted how he entered the cockpit. As per Times of Israel, the passenger told Netanyahu that he and another man forced their way into the cockpit and spotted the injured captain Smit Machchhar lying near the door.

Hayun further narrated the incident and stated that he jumped back in the cockpit as the flight began to tilt, grabbed the controls, started pulling at them.

He added that he knew what to do ...