Passenger yelling ‘Allahu Akbar’ tackled while trying to open airplane door in middle of flight
By Jesse O’Neill
Published Sep. 7, 2023, 10:40 a.m. ET
A crazed man yelling “Allahu Akbar” tried to open a door in the middle of a flight from Israel to England Monday — before a brave passenger stepped up and tackled him.
Victor Troboloni, an Albanian who was on his way to visit his ailing mother in London, grabbed the hulking, unidentified attacker and held him down with other passengers while crew members zip-tied him.
“It was a very scary situation,” Troboloni told the Sun, before adding that he was thinking, “I might never see my mother again.”
Flight W9 4452 on Hungarian budget 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 flight of all customers to London,” Wizz Air told the network Tuesday.
“The safety and security of passengers and crew are the company’s top priority. The company regrets the inconvenience caused by this unexpected incident.”
In the aftermath of the security breach, a fellow passenger tackled the suspect and placed him in a headlock, according to cellphone footage obtained by the Sun.
In the clip, the unnamed attacker was seen screaming as Troboloni, 45, takes him to the floor.
“He tried to open the fire exit, he was sitting at the back and it’s easy to open a fire exit, just pull the handle and that’s it,” Troboloni told the outlet.
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“I got the guy down. He was very heavyweight … I headlocked him and the stewardesses tied his hands with plastic cable ties … I had to do it.”
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