FlyDubai Scare: 'TERRORIST OR A WHACK JOB', What Trump Said After Dubai-Tel Aviv Flight Alarm

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Pilot stabs fellow pilot on flight to Israel. Apparent bid to crash aircraft flying 174 people to Israel. Passengers burst into the cockpit, wrestled with attacker. Passengers stopped the attack even as jet plunged sharply. Responders had seconds to act. Bibi meets passenger Y. Hayoun, who grappled with attacker. Yaniv Hayoun was seen wearing bloodied shirt, hugging Bibi. 'I look at you and I see a lion, a great hero', Bibi tells Hayoun. What happened on the flight? Hayoun said he and others pushed their way into cockpit. Hayoun: Attacker was seemingly trying to destroy controls. 'Pilot had been stabbed, was on the other side of the door'. While passengers wrestled with the attacker in cockpit...Hayoun took the controls, pulled them how he'd seen on TV. The aircraft was then secured by crew who landed it safely. Another passenger, dentist S. Musayev, also detailed events. Dentist S. Musayev: We feared there might be more attackers. Shota Musayev: 'We spread few more people inside the plane'. Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv...The plane made an emergency landing in Saudi. Shaken passengers landed in Israel on another flight. Israel had scrambled warplanes amid hijacking alarm. Bibi: Attacker an Omani national, being questioned in Saudi. Indian pilot hailed for 'extraordinary bravery'. Bibi identified the captain as Smit Machchhar, an Indian. Indian embassy in Saudi: Machchhar hospitalized, stable. Attacker might have hit the captain with an axe, says Bibi. Airlines generally mandate crash axes in the cockpit. Bibi: despite being stabbed, Indian pilot fought back. Bibi: Machchhar resisted and opened the cockpit door. Israel Govt: Those on board were from Israel, India, UAE. US State Department: 4 passengers had American citizenship. All eyes on the investigation. Israel PM speaks with UAE President. Bibi: Israel would join in interrogating the suspect. FlyDubai: For now, flights to and from Israel suspended. The incident came as the Jewish High Holy Days wrap up. Polls in October, and many Israelis plan to fly back to vote. Bibi had warned recently of heightened security threats. Israel days away from anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 horror...Trump-Netanyahu call. Trump: Discussed the incident 'at length' with Israel PM. 'Copilot was perhaps a terrorist or perhaps a whack job'
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