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Jewish News 24 · Sep 30, 2026

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A TV show about aviation disasters is drawing attention after Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayun said watching it helped him during the Flydubai emergency. Hayun said the plane began rapidly losing altitude and he used what he remembered from “Air Crash Investigation,” also known as “Mayday,” to help stabilize the aircraft. The long-running Canadian series reconstructs real aviation disasters using accident reports, cockpit recordings and witness accounts.

A TV show about aviation disasters is drawing attention after Israeli passenger Yaniv Hayun said watching it helped him during the Flydubai emergency. Hayun said the plane began rapidly losing altitude and he used what he remembered from “Air Crash Investigation,” also known as “Mayday,” to help stabilize the aircraft. The long-running Canadian series reconstructs real aviation disasters using accident reports, cockpit recordings and witness accounts.

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