Trump says Netanyahu told him ‘Israeli plumber’ sta­bi­lized hijacked flight

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.
Trump recount­ed his call with Netanyahu to reporters in the Oval Office on 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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