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Netanyahu says Omani co-pilot tried to crash FlyDubai flight to Israel

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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said an Omani co-pilot stabbed Indian captain Smit Machchhar on a FlyDubai flight from Dubai carrying 174 passengers, then tried to crash the plane. Netanyahu said an Israeli passenger, plumber Yaniv Hayun, entered the cockpit after the captain unlocked it and helped subdue the attacker before reserve pilots stabilized the aircraft. Netanyahu said the suspect underwent "Islamist radical indoctrination" and is being interrogated in Saudi Arabia. Officials said the motive remains unknown.

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