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Netanyahu confirms FlyDubai pilots prevented a "9/11 disaster"
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed new details about a FlyDubai flight bound for Israel during which a pilot stabbed a colleague, sending the plane spiraling thousands of feet.
Key facts
- Those pilots managed to prevent a 9/11 disaster, because that's what it looks like was happening," Netanyahu said
- What they're saying: The Israeli prime minister told CNN's Jim Sciutto that passengers heard shouts and screams coming from the cockpit and that the plumber saw the attacking pilot hovering
- President Trump said Netanyahu and others had briefed him on what happened
- Netanyahu noted his own history with hijackings: He was wounded while taking part in the 1972 Israeli commando raid that freed passengers from a hijacked Sabena flight
Summary
Netanyahu told CNN Wednesday evening that the Indian pilot who was stabbed, Capt. Netanyahu said the suspect was being interrogated in Saudi Arabia and that the UAE agreed Israel could participate in the interrogation. What they're saying: The Israeli prime minister told CNN's Jim Sciutto that passengers heard shouts and screams coming from the cockpit and that the plumber saw the attacking pilot hovering over the instruments, noting "he was trying to jam the instruments. The plumber pulled back on the aircraft's controls, while another passenger and crew member subdued the attacker, according to Netanyahu.