Passengers foil bid to crash Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, Israel says, after co-pilot stabs pilot

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised a wounded pilot after passengers and crew restrained a co-pilot who allegedly stabbed him and attempted to crash their flight. The aircraft landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, with a second pilot team at the controls.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the wounded pilot for fighting back after he was stabbed by his colleague, "preventing a catastrophic mid-air disaster".