Netanyahu credits heroic Israeli plumber on flydubai flight for preventing ‘another 9/11’-- vows to find out if Iran was behind attack
A news report putting on the record Netanyahu's public praise of a passenger hero, his vow to investigate Iranian involvement, and the key facts of Wednesday's flydubai hijacking attempt.
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He acted with a coolness of judgement and heroism that prevented another 9/11.”
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Yaniv Hayoun, an Israeli plumber, for helping subdue the alleged hijacker co-pilot of a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, calling him a hero who prevented 'another 9/11.' Speaking on Fox News' 'Hannity,' Netanyahu described Hayoun's actions as showing 'coolness of judgement and heroism' and said that without his courage, 'we'd have faced a disaster of unbelievable proportions.' Netanyahu also praised the Indian co-pilot who was stabbed and other passengers.
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Hayoun told Netanyahu he was a plumber who 'unclogs sewage clogs,' prompting Netanyahu to quip, 'Well, you certainly unclogged a big one this time.' In the source
Netanyahu said the children onboard, including Hayoun's, told him they 'flew to the ceiling' while the plane was in a nosedive. In the source
He acted with a coolness of judgement and heroism that prevented another 9/11.
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The courageous Israeli plumber who helped subdue the alleged hijacker co-pilot of Wednesday’s Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight was praised by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for preventing “another 9/11.” Netanyahu praised passenger Yaniv Hayoun for his heroics aboard the flight from Dubai – and vowed to find out if Iran was behind the attack that sent the plane into a horrifying nosedive. “He acted with a coolness of judgement and heroism that prevented another 9/11,” the prime minister said of Hayoun on Fox News’ “Hannity” Wednesday night. Netanyahu met with Hayoun, who was “completely stained with the blood,” after making it back to Israeli soil safely.
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Without his courage, we'd have faced a disaster of unbelievable proportions.
Netanyahu scales the stakes: without one passenger's action, mass casualties on a civilizational level were imminent.
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The hero told the prime minister “he just had to do it” when he selflessly jumped into action from the plane’s 16th row during the bloody attack in an attempt to save the 174 passengers onboard, most of whom were Israelis — including his family. “He’s an incredible hero. Look at what he did under impossible circumstances,” Netanyahu told host Sean Hannity. “Without his courage, we’d have faced a disaster of unbelievable proportions,” he added. During their meeting, Hayoun told Netanyahu he was a plumber who “unclogs sewage clogs” for a living, to which Bibi quipped, “Well, you certainly unclogged a big one this time.”
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Well, you certainly unclogged a big one this time.
Netanyahu lightens the gravity of the meeting by turning Hayoun's trade into a punchline about the rescue.
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“He’s an incredible hero. Look at what he did under impossible circumstances,” Netanyahu told host Sean Hannity. “Without his courage, we’d have faced a disaster of unbelievable proportions,” he added. During their meeting, Hayoun told Netanyahu he was a plumber who “unclogs sewage clogs” for a living, to which Bibi quipped, “Well, you certainly unclogged a big one this time.” Netanyahu also praised the Indian co-pilot who was brutally stabbed, as well as the other passengers who “stopped a disaster that could have been global.”
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Netanyahu pledged to investigate whether the co-pilot had accomplices and whether Iran was behind the attack, saying Israel would be participating in the Saudi-led investigation.
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“I don’t know the exact background of this person, the attacker, but he obviously hated Israelis because he was going to kill about 170 of them on this plane, killing himself too,” Netanyahu said of the unidentified pilot. “So that’s fanaticism and hatred of an incalculable level,” Bibi added. “But that’s what we’re facing.” Netanyahu believes the flydubai pilot who initiated the attack is being investigated in Saudi Arabia — and noted that Israel will be “following and possibly also participating in this investigation.” “It’s no secret that Iran wants to target Israelis abroad, wants to target Israel here.”
Netanyahu believes pledged to investigate whether the flydubai pilot who initiated co-pilot had accomplices and whether Iran was behind the attack, is being investigated in Saudi Arabia — and noted that saying Israel will would be “following and possibly also participating in this the Saudi-led investigation. “It’s no secret that Iran
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He obviously hated Israelis because he was going to kill about 170 of them on this plane, killing himself too — that's fanaticism and hatred of an incalculable level.
Netanyahu stops short of labeling the act terrorism while still characterizing the co-pilot's motive as murderous, ideological hatred of Israelis.
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Netanyahu said he also spoke with Hayoun’s children who were among around 30 kids onboard the horrifying flight, who said they “flew to the ceiling” while the plane was in a nosedive. The prime minister stopped short of calling the alleged hijacking attempt a terrorist attack, but he pledged to find out the co-pilot’s motive. “I don’t know the exact background of this person, the attacker, but he obviously hated Israelis because he was going to kill about 170 of them on this plane, killing himself too,” Netanyahu said of the unidentified pilot. “So that’s fanaticism and hatred of an incalculable level,” Bibi added. “But that’s what we’re facing.”
He obviously hated Israelis because he was going to kill about 170 of them on this plane, killing himself too Netanyahu said of the unidentified pilot. “So — that's fanaticism and hatred of an incalculable level.
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