President Donald Trump hailed the extraordinary Flydubai rescue as “the most amazing story” Wednesday after speaking “at length” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while saying the co-pilot accused of stabbing the captain and attempting to crash the Israel-bound jet was “perhaps a terrorist.”
\n\nTrump recounted how the badly wounded captain managed to open the cockpit door before Israeli passengers overpowered the co-pilot as the Boeing 737 plunged thousands of feet, with one passenger briefly grabbing the controls before qualified pilots aboard the flight took over.
\n\n“It seems as though the co-pilot was perhaps a terrorist, or perhaps a whack-job, and he stabbed the pilot,” Trump said.
\n\nTrump said the badly wounded captain nevertheless managed to release the fortified cockpit door and call for help, allowing passengers to reach the flight deck despite the severity of his injuries.
\n\n“The pilot was in very bad shape. I guess he still is in very bad shape,” Trump said, calling his actions heroic. “He was able to fall back and get the door open and scream.”
\n\nThe captain, Smit Machchhar, is an Indian national and veteran commercial pilot who remained hospitalized in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, following the attack.
\n\nNetanyahu separately hailed Machchhar as…
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