Israeli passenger recounts RUSH to save flydubai jet during midair ATTACK

♪. >> Brian: THIS MORNING STUNNING. NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE HERO. ISRAELI PASSENGERS, MULTIPLE, WHO TOOK DOWN A CO-PILOT TRYING. TO HIJACK AND CRASH A FlyDUBAI. JET THAT WAS HEADING TO ISRAEL. AFTER STABBING THE CAPTAIN AND. PLUMMETING THE PLANE INTO A. TERRIFYING THREE-MILE NOSE DIVE. FOR NEARLY A MINUTE, THREE. ISRAELIS RUSHED THE COCKPIT ONE. PUT THE HIJACKER IN A CHOKE HOLD. WHILE GRABBING THE CONTROLS TO. RIGHT THE PLANE AS TWO OTHERS.

RESTRAINED THE PILOT WITH HEAD. PHONE CORDS AND A WOUNDED. CAPTAIN ALSO HAILED A HERO FOR. UNLOCKING THE COCKPIT FOR THEM. AS HE WAS BEING STABBED. OUR NEXT GUEST ONE OF NEARLY 170. ISRAELIS ABOARD THE FLIGHT. HIS NAME -- DOES NOT WANT HIS. LAST NAME OUT THERE I CAN. UNDERSTAND THAT, TAL FROM TEL. AVIV JOINS US NOW. GLAD YOU'RE OKAY. YOU WERE IN ROW SIX. COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW?

>> YEAH. WHAT I SAW WAS ONE OF THE LADIES. THAT CAME OUT WITH HER DAUGHTER. SCREAMING, I ACTUALLY HAD MY. HEAD PHONES ON ME SO I PULLED. THEM OUT AND THEN IMMEDIATELY WE. REALIZED LIKE THE AIRCRAFT. STARTED THE BOUNCE FROM LEFT TO. RIGHT, AND THEN WHEN BASICALLY. EVERYTHING STARTED TO HAPPEN AND. SOME OF THE PEOPLE RAN TO THE.

FRONT, AND THE WHOHOLE SCENE. STARTED. >> Brian: WHAT DID YOU TO? >> I ALSO WAS STANDING AND. COMING TO THE FRONT. THERE WERE THREE GENTLEMEN THAT. WERE ALREADY BUSY FIGHTING. TERRORISTS WHILE ALSO TRYING TO. STABILIZE THE LIFE OF THE OTHER. PILOT FROM INDIA. >> Brian: THE WAY I UNDERSTAND. IT THE PLANE STARTS DROPPING. WHILE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING WAS.

HAPPENING, BUT YOU REALIZED, THE. MINUTE YOU GOT ON THE PLANE. PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT, THAT YOU. WERE SITTING NEXT TO TWO PILOTS. >> YEAH. >> Brian: SO WHEN YOU STOOD UP, WHAT DID THOSE PILOTS DO? >> SO THE PILOTS, IT TOOK THEM. SOME TIME TO -- IT MIGHT BE A. FEW SECONDS, BUT FOR ME IT. WAS -- IT FELT LIKE FOREVER. I NOTICED THAT THE COCKPIT IS. EMPTY, NO ONE IS IN THE COCKPIT. BECAUSE ONE PILOT IS FLYING ON.

THE FLOORED BLEEDING AND THE. OTHER PILOT EVERYONE IS FIGHTING. HIM AND TRYING TO HANDCUFF HIM. AND AT THAT MOMENT, I JUST. QUICKLY RAN TO THE OTHER TWO. PILOTS AND I TOLD THEM, GUYS, YOU NEED TO GO TO THE COCKPIT, YOU NEED TO GO TO THE COCKPIT. I THINK IT TOOK THEM A BIT, PROBABLY FEW SECONDS TO. UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND. AT SOME .1 OF THEM WAS LITERALLY. JUMPING TO THE FRONT AND JUMPING.

ABOVE THE TWO OTHER PILOTS THAT. WERE -- ONE WAS BLEEDING AND ONE. WAS -- EVERYONE WAS FIGHTING HIM. AND HE WAS JUMPING ABOVE THEM. AND HE TOOK CONTROL OF THE. AIRCRAFT. >> Brian: TAL WHILE THIS IS. HAPPENING, STOPPING ME IF I'M. WRONG, THE PLANE IS GOING DOWN, RIGHT? SO YOU'RE DROPPING WHILE THE. FIGHTING'S HAPPENING AND THE. COCKPIT IS EMPTY AND YOU. HAPPENED TO BE SITTING NEXT TO. TWO PILOTS. THAT'S A LOT TO PROCESS.

>> IT'S A LOT TO PROCESS. IITY THAT UNFORTUNATELY, IS. ISRAELIS KNOW HOW TO PROCESS IN. THIS TYPE OF SITUATIONS. ACTUALLY, ALL OF THE PASSENGERS. PROCESSED EVERYTHING REALLY FAST. AND EACH PERSON ON THE FLIGHT, THEY TOOK THEIR ROLE, WHETHER. YOU ARE A KID THAT YOU NEED TO. SOMEHOW GO THROUGH IT, WHETHER.

YOU ARE A MOTHER WITH YOUR K KI, WHATEVER. SO A LOT OF PEOPLE, BASICALLY. EVERYONE WAS ON AN ACTING MODE. AND TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET. OUT OF THE SITUATION. >> Brian: DID YOU HAVE A CHANCE. TO SEE THE CO-PILOT WITH THE. KNIFE IN HIS HAND? DID ANYONE HAVE AN IDEA WHO HE. WAS? WHAT WAS HE SAYING? ANYTHING? >> YEAH. SO I COULDN'T SEE, MYSELF, THE. KNIFE. I CAN SAY THAT ONE OF THE OTHER.

GUYS SAW A SMALL KNIFE THAT HE. WAS HOLDING. ACTUALLY, RELATIVELY FAST, THE. GROUP OF THE ISRAELIS THAT WERE. FIGHTING HIM, BASICALLY PUT HIM. ON THE FLOOR AND HANDCUFFED HIM. AND HE WAS -- YOU COULDN'T HEAR. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO HEAR PEOPLE. SAYING STUFF BECAUSE EVERYONE. WAS SCREAMING BASICALLY. >> Brian: WOW. >> SO I CAN'T RECALL ANYTHING.

SPECIFIC THAT HE WAS SAYING OR. HEARING. >> Brian: YEAH. JUST REAL QUICK, TAL, DID YOU. SERVE IN THE MILITARY. >> YES. >> Brian: OKAY. THAT'S WHY EVERYONE IN ISRAEL. SERVES IN THE MILITARY AND THEY. HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE. TO ACT UNDER PRESSURE. TAL --. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. SOMETHING THAT FELT FOR ME, I. WAS REALLY FRUSTRATED, WHILE. EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING, I WAS.

ONE OF THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT. COULD COMMUNICATE EXTERNALLY. BECAUSE I HAD RECEPTION, AND I. GET NOTICES FROM EVERYONE THAT. THE GLOBAL MEDIA IS REPORTING IT. AS A FIGHT BETWEEN TWO PILOTS, WHILE I'M REPORTING OUTSIDE THAT. IT'S A TERROR ATTACK. >> Brian: WOW. GOT YOU. >> AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY. FRUSTRATING THAT THE FIRST. REACTION OF THE MEDIA OUT THERE. IS THAT, BY DEFAULT, IT CANNOT.

BE A TERROR ATTACK EVEN THOUGH. IT'S CLEARLY A TERROR ATTACK. AND I THINK THAT IT REALLY WAS. REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO. UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY IT'S. HAPPENING. WHY DOES THE MEDIA DECIDE TO. TREAT IT AS A FIGHT BETWEEN. PILOTS WHEN IT'S ALREADY CLEAR. THAT IT'S A TERROR ATTACK. >> Brian: NOT HERE TAL. >> YEAH. >> Brian: NOT HERE, WE GET IT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DID SEE THAT COVERAGE PRIOR TO.

STARTING THE SHOW. AND I I DID THINK, WELL, OKAY, TWTWO PILOTS GOT INTO A FIGHT, THAT'S INTERESTING. AND THEN THE STORY UNFOLDS IN. REAL TIME YESTERDAY. SO I KNOW. IT DID NOT GET PROPER COVERAGE. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT HERE. AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOUR. PRIME MINISTER TOO SHORTLY. THANKS SO MUCH. >> IF I CAN JUST ADD THAT IT. FEELS LIKE THERE IS A SENTIMENT. THAT THE MEADE WHY OUT THERE, GLOBALLY, ALLOWS IT TO HAPPEN, THAT IT'S OKAY IF IT'S SOME THAT.

IS RELATED TO ISRAELIS OR JEWS. YOU TREATED DIFFERENT THAN ANY. OTHER COUNTRY AND THAT FOR ME IS. HOW IT FAILED. >> Brian: NOT HERE AND YOU CAN. COUNT ON THAT, THANKS SO MUC.