Israeli plumber who took control of stricken Flydubai flight ‘learned to fly from TV show’

Yaniv Hayoun helped thwart the hijacking by storming the cockpit and overpowering an Omani knifeman – before telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he learned to fly from watching Air Crash Investigation on TVYaniv Hayoun told Israeli PM Netanyahu that he learned to fly from watching a TV show(Image: AP Photo/Tomer Appelbaum)