Donald Trump: spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu after flydubai incident, co-pilot possible terrorist
Former President Donald Trump claims he spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu regarding an incident on a Flydubai flight where a co-pilot allegedly attacked the pilot. Trump credits an Israeli passenger with saving the plane by taking control of the aircraft despite having no formal flight training.
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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had spoken “at length” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the dramatic incident aboard a Flydubai flight bound for Israel, and said the co-pilot may have been either “a terrorist” or “a whack job.”“I did speak to Bibi Netanyahu at length about this event,” Trump told reporters. “It seems as though the co-pilot was perhaps a terrorist or perhaps a whack job, and he stabbed the pilot.”According to Trump's account, the pilot was badly wounded but managed to open the cockpit door and call for help.“The pilot was in very bad shape, and I guess he still is in very bad shape,” Trump said. “But he had the sense to… open the door. You know, those doors are solid steel.
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