Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said pilot Captain Smit Machchhar was “stabbed or hit with an axe” by the co-pilot who allegedly attacked him on the Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
His words come as it remains unclear what exactly the weapon was that the co-pilot used to carry out the attack. Some reports have suggested that the alleged attacker may have used the aircraft’s own cockpit crash axe.
CNN's Sara Sidner speaks with CNN international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson, CNN senior national security analyst Juliette Kayyem, CNN national security analyst Alex Plitsas and CNN chief national security analyst Jim Sciutto as new details emerge.
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