Netanyahu says flydubai co-pilot tried to crash Tel Aviv-bound plane

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that one of the pilots of a flydubai plane bound for Tel Aviv had planned to crash the aircraft and kill its mostly Israeli passengers, after the flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Netanyahu said Saudi Arabia had arrested the co-pilot and was interrogating him after the incident aboard flydubai flight FZ1073. “During the flight, as they approached the country, one of the pilots stabbed the other pilot, and apparently tried to crash the plane with everyone on board,” Netanyahu said in a video message, calling the passengers “heroes” who “prevented...