Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the incident was a result of ‘Islamist radicalisation’.
Tali Manes was accompanying her daughter,six,to the toilet next to the cockpit when they heard heavy blows.
A flight attendant then walked onto the flight deck to find blood splattered on the walls,before the plane dived 16,000ft in the space of a minute.
Speaking from hospital,Mr Machchhar told Indian prime minister Narendra Modi he could feel the plane was going down as he was on the floor wounded.
He said his desire to save the flight forced him to make one ‘last push’ for the door and allow a group into the cockpit.
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