Israel Celebrates Return of Heroes, Passengers from Flight 1073 'Miracle'; Terrorism Suspected
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JERUSALEM, Israel – They boarded a routine flight to Israel and landed with new heroes among them. Now, as passengers from FlyDubai flight 1073 describe their miraculous survival, Israeli authorities are digging deeper into what may have been behind the attempted hijacking of the jet. As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embraced and welcomed FlyDubai passenger Yaniv Hayoun on Thursday morning, the Israeli citizen, a plumber by trade, told him, "We are a nation of lions, aren't we?" It took that kind of courage to survive Wednesday's ordeal aboard flight 1073. The plane was carrying 174 people from Dubai to Tel Aviv when Israeli officials say the Omani co-pilot stabbed the captain and apparently tried to crash the aircraft. The jet plunged nearly 14 thousand feet in less than 30 seconds. Hayoun and other passengers forced their way into the cockpit and overpowered the attacker. Read the full story from CBN's Paul Petitte: https://cbn.com/news/israel/israel-celebrates-return-heroes
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