‘Tried to crash aircraft’: Netanyahu on Flydubai mid-air attack by Omani co-pilot

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken about the dramatic Flydubai incident in which a co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain and apparently tried to crash the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight. Passengers and crew intervened and subdued the attacker before the aircraft made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The Indian captain, Smit Machchhar, was injured in the attack. The exact motive remains under investigation.