Flydubai Passengers Tell Netanyahu: Hijacker Asked Us to Kill Him After Restraint

Israeli passengers who subdued the Omani co-pilot met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and recounted the dramatic takeover inside the aircraft.

Mike Pence and Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, 2018 · Photo: U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

The Israeli passengers who helped subdue the first officer on the flydubai flight told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that after they restrained the attacker, he told them to kill him, The Jerusalem Post reported. According to the report, the passengers noted that during the ordeal, they feared other flight crew members might have been complicit in his plot to crash the plane.

The accounts were shared during a meeting Netanyahu held with the passengers at the Knesset sukkah, alongside senior defense officials, news website Kikar HaShabbat reported. During the event, Netanyahu described the thwarted crash as a "chain of miracles," while the investigation into the circumstances of the incident continues.