Uri Bar-Lev

Sinai War, after which he became a pilot for Israel’s national airline El Al.^[2]

El Al Flight 219 from Tel Aviv to New York via Amsterdam. He was made aware that four suspicious people were trying to board the plane. Bar-Lev insisted that two of the suspects not be allowed to board, and the two others be questioned.^[3] He also asked that the air-marshal be seated with him in the cockpit during the flight. Once the hijackers, Patrick Argüello and Leila Khaled, threatened the crew and passengers, Bar-Lev took control of the flight and threw the plane into a dive.^[4] This lowered the plane’s altitude making any explosion or damage less dangerous and knocked the hijackers to the ground.^[5] The air marshal killed Arguello and Khaled was arrested after passing out as a result of the dramatic shift in air pressure. She wrote in her memoir that she was forcefully subdued,^{[citation needed]} but that was never the case.^{[citation needed}