# Israel's Netanyahu phones FlyDubai pilot recovering after cockpit axe attack

https://mins.news/en/video/84968

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-03 23:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfin5QplDrc

> Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Saturday with the recovering Indian pilot who was attacked with a crash axe in the cockpit of a FlyDubai flight carrying 182 people and nearly crashed.

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