Netanyahu says pilot tried to crash Israel-bound commercial jet, lauds hero passengers

Another coward terrorist attack on a civilian airplane? This is a developing story!

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjami Netanyahu on Wednesday praised passengers who overpowered a pilot who had stabbed another pilot in an apparent attempt to crash a commercial flight traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv. 

The Boeing 737 Max made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after the incident, which Netanyahu described as a "serious security incident." 

Netanyahu said that almost all passengers onboard the flight were Israeli.

"I spoke with one of the Israeli passengers. He told me that the plane went into a spin and began to descend. He told me that, somehow, he managed to break into the cockpit with one of the crew members and, together, they overpowered the pilot who had carried out the stabbing while he was attempting to sabotage the aircraft's systems. ...

The Boeing 737 Max switched its transponder code to 7700, a code to signal illegal interference with an aircraft. Publicly available data shows the aircraft plunged from 33,000 feet to 17,000 feet in about a minute, approximately two minutes into the flight. ..."

Netanyahu says pilot tried to crash Israel-bound commercial jet, lauds hero passengers | Just The News ""I salute these heroes, who displayed exceptional resourcefulness and courage. They saved many lives. They prevented a huge disaster," Netanyahu said."