Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised a heroic passenger who intervened after a pilot on an Israel-bound flight stabbed another pilot and may have deliberately tried to crash the plane. Israeli officials said the co-pilot of Flydubai flight FZ1073 which was travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, is believed to have stabbed the captain in a possible attempted ‘terror attack’ with around 150 Israeli passengers on board. Passenger Yaniv Hayoun and others helped tackle one of the pilots and tie him down. In a video posted on Wednesday (September 30), Netanyahu embraces Mr Hayoun as he arrives at Ben Gurion airport, calling him a “hero” and saying it was an “honour” to meet him. He added: "I see you and I see a lion - a big hero.”