Trump: An Israeli "plumber" saved the Flydubai plane before it crashed

Washington - Ofoq News - US President Donald Trump said that he spoke at length with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the Flydubai plane incident, providing an account that he said he received from Netanyahu about the circumstances of the incident.

Trump added that the co-pilot was either a terrorist or mentally ill, claiming that he had stabbed the plane’s pilot, who was in poor health, according to what he was quoted as saying.

According to the story provided by Trump, the pilot was able to open the electronic door and scream for help, before one of the people on the plane, whom Trump described as a burly Israeli who had never piloted a plane, heard the pilot’s screams.

Trump said that the Israeli was able to pull the person who stabbed the pilot from his seat, then took control of the plane and returned it to normal, even though he had never flown a plane before.

Trump said that "by watching the program 'Aviation Under Investigation,' he more or less learned how to fly a plane." He added: “This is the story I heard. I don’t know if it is true, but it is the story I got from Netanyahu and some other people awaiting the results of the official investigations.”