From the cargo hidden in the underwear to the captain who went wild: this is how passengers prevented disasters in the air

The Omani co-pilot on the flight this morning tried to crash the plane, until Israeli passengers broke into the cockpit and took control of it • This is not the first case in which passengers helped stop attackers during a flight: from the El Al flight in 1970 to the "shoe terrorist" • On United Flight 93 the mutiny did not save the plane, but prevented the hijackers from reaching their destination