On Monday, a passenger onboard a Wizz Air flight from Israel to London attempted to open the aircraft's doors mid-flight and caused panic among fellow passengers.

The individual, who has not been named but is suspected of having terrorist motives, shouted "Allahu Akbar," an Arabic phrase meaning "God is most Great," before fellow passenger Victor Troboloni, a 45-year-old Albanian, sprang into action.

In a video captured by The Sun newspaper, Troboloni can be seen tackling the suspect and placing him in a headlock. Cabin crew then used zip-ties to restrain the unruly passenger.

Troboloni recounted the harrowing incident to The Sun, stating, "It was a very scary situation. I was thinking I might never see my mother again." He noticed the suspect's peculiar behavior earlier in the flight, as the man paced up and down the aisle from the pilot's cabin to the emergency exit.

Troboloni, who has experience as a plane engineer, suspected that the individual was examining the aircraft for vulnerabilities. He explained, "I saw him going up and down, maybe looking for weak points on the aircraft… checking seat numbers. I'm a plane engineer myself, I used to work in maintenance. So I know what's going on mid-air, in flight at 30,000ft, 11km above sea level; you've got no escape."

The suspect attempted to open the emergency exit door, a potentially catastrophic act, but Troboloni intervened. "I got the guy down. He was very heavyweight… I headlocked him, and the stewardesses tied his hands with plastic cable ties… I had to do it. I held him for 10 minutes; he got out of breath, he got tired. He was tied up for 45 minutes to 1 hour before we landed in Belgrade."

As a result of the incident, the flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Belgrade, Serbia. Wizz Air issued a statement expressing its commitment to passenger safety and regret for the inconvenience caused by the unexpected incident. Photo by Anna Zvereva from Tallinn, Estonia, Wikimedia commons.