Co-pilot Stabs Captain, Tries to Crash Flydubai Flight to Israel

Co-pilot Stabs Captain, Tries to Crash Flydubai Flight to Israel

A co-pilot on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv stabbed the captain and apparently tried to crash the plane, plunging 17,000 feet before passengers subdued him and the aircraft made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Israeli PM Netanyahu said the Omani attacker underwent 'Islamist radical indoctrination,' while President Trump called him a 'terrorist or whack-job' and suggested possible Iranian links.

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