A crazed man shouting “Allahu Akbar” tried to open a door midway through a flight from Israel to England on Monday – before a brave passenger stepped up and tackled him.
Victor Troboloni, an Albanian traveling to visit his ailing mother in London, grabbed the large, unidentified assailant and held him with other passengers while crew tied him up with zip ties.
“It was a very scary situation,” Troboloni told the Sun, before adding that he thought, “I might never see my mother again.”
Flight W9 4452 with Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air was forced to land in Belgrade, Serbia, following the incident, according to Israeli news station i24 News.
“The company is dealing with the onward flights of all customers to London,” Wizz Air told the network on Tuesday.
“The safety and security of passengers and crew is the company’s priority. The company regrets the inconvenience caused by this unexpected event.”
Following the security breach, another passenger attacked the suspect and placed him on the head, according to cellphone footage obtained by the Sun.
In the clip, the unnamed attacker is seen screaming as Troboloni, 45, takes him to the floor.
The impact of the terrifying incident was recorded by the camera. The Sun
Victor Troboloni tackled the suspected terrorist and other passengers detained him after a security breach, according to Sun.The Sun
“He’s trying to open the fire exit, he’s sitting in the back and it’s easy to open the fire exit, just pull the handle and that’s it,” Troboloni told the outlet.
“I took the guy down. He was a very heavy man… I plucked his head off and the flight attendant tied his hands with plastic cable ties… I had to do it.”
Fellow passengers helped Troboloni restrain him until a flight attendant was able to find a cable tie to restrain him until the plane landed in Eastern Europe.
“I held him for 10 minutes, he was suffocating, he was exhausted, he was tied up for 45 minutes to 1 hour before we landed in Belgrade,” Troboloni reportedly said.
The suspect shouted “Allahu Akbar,” Arabic for “God is great,” during the ordeal, the heroic passenger told the UK tabloid. Officials could not offer a motive for the attack or say whether the suspect had ties to any terrorist groups.
Before punching a male crew member, the suspect was seen pacing from the pilot’s cabin to the rear emergency exit.
“I saw him going up and down, probably looking for a weak spot on the plane … checking the seat numbers,” the plane’s engineer reportedly said.
“So I know what happens in the air … you can’t escape.
“It’s a very scary situation.”
Troboloni was on his way to visit his sick mother when he reportedly went into action. Courtesy of Victor Troboloni
The incident harks back to a United Airlines domestic flight in March when several passengers restrained a maniac who allegedly tried to open an emergency door and stabbed a flight attendant.
Last month, Delta passengers rushed to the aid of a flight attendant who was slashed by a man who allegedly threatened to behead her after their plane landed in New Orleans, keeping her subdued until authorities arrived.
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