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The best response to the terror which nearly crashed that flydubai plane

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Terrorists want nothing more than to prevent peace.

It’s why they fly planes into buildings, don explosive vests and rain indiscriminate missiles on civilian populations.

The response to such terrorism isn’t to cower — but to lead with boldness, courage and, sometimes, outright heroism.

The world saw such heroism this week in the high drama of FlyDubai Flight 1073, from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

There was pilot Smit Machchhar, an Indian national, who had the presence of mind to open the cockpit door as he was brutally stabbed by his terrorist Omani co-pilot, in a plane nose-diving 10,000 feet a minute.

There were the ordinary Israeli citizens — and above all new national hero Yaniv Hayoun — who, Todd Beamer-style, swiftly rushed the cockpit and subdued the terrorist in a chokehold.

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There was the Emirati flight crew, which handled the madness with aplomb, preventing chaos in a terrified cabin and ensuring the passengers’ safety.

There were the two off-duty pilots — reportedly British, South African or New Zealander in nationality — who were somehow able to glide........

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