The co-pilot who attacked Indian pilot Smit Machchhar during an alleged attempt to crash a flydubai aircraft heading to Tel Aviv was seen sitting on his knees inside the aircraft, with his hands tied behind his back, in a new video shared by an Israeli media outlet, while passengers were heard repeatedly saying “just police” and “only police”.
The video comes amid allegations by Israeli passengers that the flight crew argued with them after they restrained and tied up the Omani co-pilot.
The passengers claimed that the crew asked them to “untie the terrorist”, but they said that the suspect should be handed over to the police, two passengers who helped restrain the suspect told The New York Post in an interview.
Passengers demanded that suspect be handed over to cops
Several media outlets reported that he had been barred from flying in Oman over concerns about his extremist views. More five minutes. The remarks appear to suggest that the passengers had kept the co-pilot restrained for nearly that long and were prepared to wait another five minutes before handing him over to the local police. The co-pilot is currently in custody in the UAE.
One passenger, whose face is not shown and whose identity remains unknown, can be heard saying, “One hour, 40 minutes.
Throughout the 45-second clip, passengers can be heard repeating “just police” and “only police”.
