Flydubai hijacking survivor, filmmaker, to reveal unseen footage, testimony in new documentary

Documentary filmmaker Eyal Datz, a survivor of the attempted hijacking of flydubai Flight 1073, is creating a new KAN film featuring unseen footage and passenger testimony about the ordeal. Datz was aboard with his father when 174 Israeli passengers subdued a would-be hijacker. The film will examine the response and alleged failures.

Documentary filmmaker Eyal Datz, a survivor of the attempted hijacking of flydubai Flight 1073, is creating a new KAN 11 documentary about the ordeal. Datz was aboard the flight with his 75-year-old father, Yaakov, when 174 Israeli passengers subdued a would-be hijacker and avoided tragedy. The film will feature new passenger testimony and previously unreleased footage recorded aboard the plane and in Saudi Arabia, where it landed safely. It will examine how passengers responded to a life-threatening situation and investigate the alleged failures that led to it. Datz began interviewing fellow passengers days after landing in Israel. His previous documentaries for KAN include Something Spicy, Ten Days in October, and I Will Hide My Face.