# Netanyahu says pilot tried to crash Israel-bound plane

https://mins.news/en/video/80800

- BBC News, 2026-09-30 18:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKqXCrpwTow

> A flight carrying about 170 people to Tel Aviv issued a hijack alert after one pilot reportedly stabbed another and attempted to crash the aircraft. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the pilot was arrested after an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Defence Minister Israel Katz called it an “attempted jihadist terror attack”.

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