New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- A six-year-old girl, Nina Manes, and her mother, Tali, are being credited with helping alert passengers during a mid-air emergency aboard a Flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

Flydubai flight FZ1073 was carrying 174 passengers when an Omani co-pilot allegedly stabbed the Indian captain, Capt. Smit Machchhar, in what authorities described as an apparent attempt to crash the Boeing 737 MAX 8.

According to the account of the incident, Nina had asked her mother to take her to the forward restroom. While standing outside, the two heard a commotion and screams coming from inside the cockpit. Tali described seeing "blood all over the cockpit" and witnessing intense fighting moves.

After hearing his daughte...