Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised an Indian pilot as "a true hero" following an incident aboard a Flydubai flight, Dagens Nyheter reports. The Swedish outlet says the pilot was involved in the events that unfolded on the aircraft.
According to Dagens Nyheter, passengers on the flight restrained the pilot using cable ties and headphones. The same outlet, citing witness accounts, reports that those on board described the experience as terrifying, with one witness saying it "felt like it was over."
Aftonbladet reports a theory that an attack resembling the September 11 attacks was being planned. Svenska Dagbladet describes what it calls the decisive moments for the Flydubai plane. Omni reports that passengers bound the pilot with cable ties and headphones.
The reports, published on Wednesday, draw on Swedish media coverage of the incident. The material available does not specify the flight's route, the number of people on board, or the outcome beyond the accounts described.
Netanyahu's comment, as reported by Dagens Nyheter, frames the Indian pilot as a hero in connection with the episode. The Israeli prime minister's office has not been cited with further detail in the available reporting.
What to watch next: whether investigators release further details on the alleged plot and the identities of those involved.
