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President Donald Trump told reporters that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed him of an incident where an unnamed Israeli plumber helped stabilize a hijacked Flydubai flight despite having no experience in flying commercial aircraft. During a call with Netanyahu following the attempted hijacking by the copilot, Trump relayed that the Israeli passenger physically removed the rogue pilot and steadied the plane before it could crash. Netanyahu confirmed that the passengers subdued the attacker after he stabbed his colleague, and another crew member then stabilized the plane once inside the cockpit. Trump emphasized the dramatic nature of the event but noted that he did not independently verify Netanyahu’s account.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-30,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On September 30, 2026, a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv signaled an emergency over Jordanian airspace, leading it to divert and land at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia. The plane had initially transmitted distress signals before switching to codes indicating possible hijacking but reverted back to general emergency alerts. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened urgent consultations regarding the incident, with Israel's air force scrambling jets due to initial fears of a hijack attempt. However, security officials later revealed that the alert was triggered by a physical altercation between the pilots rather than a hijacking threat; all passengers were reported safe upon landing.
Written for “Israel Bound Flight Diverted” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 298 other(s) covering the same event.
President Donald Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told him that an Israeli plumber was responsible for stabilizing a hijacked Flydubai flight, emphasizing that the passenger had no experience operating a commercial aircraft.
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passenger → say → aircraft
Trump recounted his call with Netanyahu to reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
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Trump → recount → Wednesday
The president said he spoke with the prime minister following the copilot of a Flydubai flight allegedly attempting to crash the plane.
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he → say → plane
The individual Trump is referring to was one of several passengers who stepped up to regain control of the aircraft after the rogue copilot allegedly stabbed his colleague.
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copilot → refer → colleague
“A plumber, an Israeli plumber, never flew a plane, was rarely in planes, very rarely flew,” Trump said.
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Trump → fly → planes
“An Israeli plumber saw what was happening.
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what → see → ?
Strong, you know, when you lift pipe all day, you’re strong.
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you → know → pipe
And he saw what was going on.
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what → see → ?
He heard the screaming.
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He → hear → screaming
The plane was going sharply down at an unbelievable angle, so sharp that the rudder ripped off the back of the plane.
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rudder → go → plane
Plane wasn’t designed to go at a speed anywhere near that, and so it was well beyond its limits. …
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it → design → limits
He ripped this guy out of the seat, threw him back.
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He → rip → him
The crowd got him.
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crowd → get → him
The passengers got him.
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passengers → get → him
And having never flown a plane, he took the stick, lifted it up, and leveled out the plane before it crashed.”
According to Netanyahu’s account, the passengers, many of whom were Israeli, were saved when a passenger and crew member managed to break into the cockpit after the stabbed pilot opened the door, stopping the pilot as he attempted to damage the plane’s systems.
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he → fly → systems
After subduing the pilot, another crew member entered the cockpit and stabilized the plane.
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member → subdue → plane
“I don’t know if it’s true, but that’s the story that I got from Bibi,” Trump said, referring to Netanyahu.
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Trump → know → Netanyahu
The prime minister did not identify the passenger who stabilized the plane as a plumber, but Trump said he received the information in a private phone call.
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he → identify → call
The pilot who unlocked the cockpit door of a hijacked Flydubai flight after getting stabbed was identified by officials as Indian national Smit Machchhar.
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who → unlock → Machchhar
Netanyahu said the plane was ultimately diverted and landed in Saudi Arabia, where the pilot who attempted the hijacking is now being interrogated by Saudi authorities.
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who → say → authorities
The prime minister didn’t offer up a motive for the pilot’s actions, but Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz quickly characterized the incident as a “jihadist terrorist attack attempt.”
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Katz → offer → attempt
Some reports have suggested the pilot was an Omani national, but officials have yet to release details.
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officials → suggest → details
Trump, however, said the situation seemed as if the pilot was a “terrorist or, perhaps, a whack job.”
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pilot → say → ?
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