BBC presenter calls Israel's main international airport by name of National Security Minister instead of Ben Gurion.

President Trump says he spoke with Netanyahu about the attempted Flydubai attack and praises Israeli passenger who tackled the suspected terrorist.

Security officials are investigating whether the co-pilot intended to seize control of the Flydubai aircraft over Jordan and crash it in Israeli territory.

<p>US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee remarked on the attempted hijacking of a Flydubai flight from the UAE to Israel and praised the Israelis who subdued the terrorist.</p><p>"We thank G-d and breathe a deep sigh of relief that the passengers of Fly Dubai FZ1073 are now safely in Israel. Their heroism in the face of terror averted catastrophe," Huckabee wrote on social media.</p><p>"Israel endures because its people refuse to surrender. And tonight we are even more proud to call this extraordinary nation our true partner," he added.</p>

<p>A diplomatic source said of the attempted terrorist attack on the flight from Dubai: “The terrorist wanted to undermine the Abraham Accords."</p>

At Ben Gurion Airport, Netanyahu embraced Yaniv, one of the Israeli passengers who subdued the rogue copilot and said he pulled the diving Flydubai plane back up.

Captain Smit Machchhar, from India, joined flydubai four years ago and fought the terrorist for his life and the lives of the passengers in the cockpit.

<p>The pilot of flydubai flight FZ 1073, who helped prevent its hijacking by his co-pilot and was stabbed, is Dubai-based Indian Captain Smit Machchhar.</p>