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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Owen Scott

Trump calls co-pilot who tried to hijack Israel flight ‘a terrorist or a whack job’

President Donald Trump has said a co-pilot who stabbed his colleague during a flight to Israel was “a terrorist or a whack-job.”

The commander-in-chief made the remarks Wednesday, after the attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight headed to Tel Aviv. The co-pilot, who was arrested when the plane landed, was subdued by passengers who described what happened during the terrifying ordeal as the bloody scene unfolded.

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