A flydubai pilot tried to deliberately crash a passenger Boeing — Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the information gathered so far indicates that the flydubai pilot who stabbed his colleague was attempting to deliberately crash the plane with passengers on board. Netanyahu delivered a video address from his office—his first public reaction to the emergency landing, according to The Times of Israel.

“During the flight, as they were approaching Israel, one of the pilots stabbed the other pilot and apparently attempted to crash the plane with the passengers on board,” the prime minister said. The BBC has published the full text of Xi's address.

According to him, the pilot who carried out the attack has now been arrested and is being questioned by Saudi Arabian authorities. Netanyahu said he spoke with one of the passengers on the flight who helped subdue the attacker “just as he was trying to disable the plane’s systems.” Another flight crew member on board managed to stabilize the plane, the Israeli prime minister said. He called the passengers and pilots heroes, noting that they “saved many lives by preventing a major disaster.”

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