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Trump recounts how Israeli plumber with no flying experience helped save Flydubai flight
October 1, 2026 at 01:58 AM
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President Trump said an Israeli plumber who had never piloted a plane helped save a Flydubai flight using knowledge from a TV show about plane disasters.
- Trump said he discussed the incident with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, suggesting the co-pilot may have been "a terrorist or deranged."
- He said the passenger, an Israeli plumber who had never flown, heard screams and grabbed the controls, correcting the plane's descent before it crashed.
- Trump said the man credited his intervention to knowledge gained from repeatedly watching the TV program "Air Disasters," which explains plane crashes.
- Trump said he was unsure the story was true, calling it "the story Netanyahu and two others told me."