According to reports from Bloomberg and other foreign media on September 30, local time, US President Trump said that the pilot who stabbed his colleague in the cockpit of the Dubai Airlines flight to Israel “may be a terrorist or a lunatic.” He also said that he has spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the matter. Referring to the incident, Trump told reporters at the White House Oval Office on Wednesday, “I did have a long conversation with Bibi Netanyahu about this incident. It appears that the co-pilot may have been a terrorist or a lunatic. He stabbed the pilot.” Trump then relayed the events he had heard from Netanyahu, which also mentioned an Israeli plumber. Trump said that this person had no experience piloting an airplane, but intervened after hearing abnormal movements in the cockpit. According to Trump, after hearing screams and seeing what happened in the cockpit, the plumber realized something wasn't right. “He's never flown a plane, but he still held the joystick, pulled it up, stabilized the fuselage, and prevented the plane from crashing,” Trump said. “This is what I've heard. I don't know if this is true, but this is what I heard from 'Bibi'.”

According to reports from Bloomberg and other foreign media on September 30, local time, US President Trump said that the pilot who stabbed his colleague in the cockpit of the Dubai Airlines flight to Israel “may be a terrorist or a lunatic.” He also said that he has spoken with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the matter. Referring to the incident, Trump told reporters at the White House Oval Office on Wednesday, “I did have a long conversation with Bibi Netanyahu about this incident. It appears that the co-pilot may have been a terrorist or a lunatic. He stabbed the pilot.” Trump then relayed the events he had heard from Netanyahu, which also mentioned an Israeli plumber. Trump said that this person had no experience piloting an airplane, but intervened after hearing abnormal movements in the cockpit. According to Trump, after hearing screams and seeing what happened in the cockpit, the plumber realized something wasn't right. “He's never flown a plane, but he still held the joystick, pulled it up, stabilized the fuselage, and prevented the plane from crashing,” Trump said. “This is what I've heard. I don't know if this is true, but this is what I heard from 'Bibi'.”