"Terrorist": Trump On Copilot Who Stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar On flydubai Plane

US President Donald Trump said he spoke to Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday after the pilot of an Israel-bound flight was allegedly attacked by his co-pilot, adding that the motive behind the incident remained unclear.

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• US President Trump spoke with Israeli Premier Netanyahu about a flight incident
• Trump said the motive behind the co-pilot's actions remains unclear
• The co-pilot was described as possibly a terrorist or mentally unstable

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US President Donald Trump said he spoke to Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday after the pilot of an Israel-bound flight was allegedly attacked by his co-pilot, adding that the motive behind the incident remained unclear.

"I did speak to Bibi Netanyahu at length about this event, and it seems as though the co-pilot was perhaps a terrorist or perhaps a whack-job, and he stabbed the pilot," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

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