"We Need a Pilot" and "Is There a Doctor?": Additional Footage of Tense Moments Inside Airliner Released

New footage has been released showing the desperate struggle by passengers and crew to regain control of an aircraft during a near-crash situation on a flydubai flight, where the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain with a weapon.

The 2-minute and 57-second video released by U.S. broadcaster CNN on October 1 (local time) vividly captures the tense moments as crew members and passengers worked together to treat the stabbed captain and take control of the situation.

In the footage filmed around the entrance to the cockpit, a male passenger is seen looking toward the cockpit and repeatedly shouting, "Calm down," while crew members and passengers bustle back and forth.

Soon after, screams of "Oh my God" echo from inside the cockpit, and flight attendants repeatedly shout at panicked passengers to take their seats.

A male passenger with blood on his hands and clothes was also occasionally captured in the video.

The flight attendants urgently call out to see if there is a doctor among the passengers to treat the injured captain, and a man in a black top enters the cockpit, stating that he is a doctor.

When someone inside the cockpit shouts that cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) must be performed on the captain, the crew hurriedly opens a first-aid kit to prepare CPR equipment.

The footage also shows passengers asking the crew, who are distracted preparing to treat the captain, "Do you need a pilot?" and "Is there a reserve pilot here?"

The wailing cries of young children could also be heard amid the chaos.

Fortunately, a catastrophic disaster was averted as passengers and crew teamed up to subdue the co-pilot, and two other off-duty flydubai pilots on board managed to land the airliner safely in Saudi Arabia.

A six-year-old Israeli girl also played a part in the incident.

According to the British daily The Times, just as a physical altercation between the captain and co-pilot was presumed to be taking place inside the cockpit, six-year-old Nina Manes told her mother, Tali, that she needed to go to the restroom.

While Tali was walking Manes to the restroom, she heard shouting coming from the cockpit.

While Tali was alerting flight attendants that something seemed to be wrong, Manes witnessed the captain collapse across the cockpit doorway after being stabbed by the co-pilot.

In an interview with Israel's Channel 12, Manes said, "There was blood all over the cockpit, and a very fierce struggle was taking place," adding, "I shouted, 'He's stabbing the pilot! He's stabbing the pilot! Someone help!' but people just looked at me without understanding what was happening."

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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