President Trump on Wednesday responded to the incident on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Israel, where the co-pilot stabbed the captain and caused the plane to nosedive. 

The Gateway Pundit reported on the horror earlier, where the plane reportedly plunged roughly 17,000 feet in one minute during the physical altercation in the cockpit.

(VIDEO) Flydubai Flight to Israel Makes Emergency Landing After Co-Pilot Stabs Captain, Jet Plunges Thousands of Feet – Fighter Jets Scrambled Over Potential Hijacking

Graphic images from on board the plane show a bloodied passenger, later identified as Yaniv Hayun, who assisted cabin crew members in retaking control of the plane and fighting off the attacker.

Via Fox:

Israel's Defense Minister has described the event as an “attempted jihadist terrorist attack,” and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the co-pilot wanted to crash the plane with 174 on board.

Asked to comment on the incident, Trump commended the man who stopped the alleged hijacker co-pilot, joking that he knew what he was doing because he'd watched the television show, Air Disasters.

According to reports, Hayun credited the show for knowing how to pull the jet out of a nosedive by pulling the lever back.

"I think it's an incredible story. It seems— I mean, I can relay the story, but you're better off getting it from him. But by this time, I guess they have a lot of fake stories out there, and you know, you never know what's happening," Trump said.

"But I did speak to Bibi Netanyahu at length about this event, and it seems as though the co-pilot was perhaps a terrorist, or perhaps a whack job junk, and he stabbed the pilot. The pilot was in very bad shape, and I guess he still is in very bad shape, but he had the sense to— amazing, o in a way he was a hero, to open the door. You know those doors are solid steel — you can't get them open from outside. He was able to fall back and get the door open and scream. And a plumber, an Israeli plumber, never flew a plane, was rarely in planes, very rarely flew. An Israeli plumber saw what was happening."

"This is the story that I heard — I don't know if it's true, but that's the story that I got from Bibi," Trump added.

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The Department of Homeland Security arrested an illegal alien earlier this month — a man the agency said had been released by local authorities in Virginia after sexually assaulting minors.

In a Wednesday news release, DHS stated that Democrat-dominated Fairfax County had refused to honor a detainer on Oscar Evaristo Nunez in 2025, despite his having been “charged with child sex crimes.”

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested Nunez, who is from Honduras, on Sept. 15 during a “targeted enforcement operation,” the release states.

Nunez was initially arrested and charged back in August 2025 with aggravated sexual battery, two counts of filming/videotaping of an undressed minor, and two counts of aggravated sexual battery of a victim under 13 years old, according to the release.

ICE logged a detainer for Nunez with the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center two days after his arrest. Fairfax County refused to honor the detainer and released Nunez back onto the streets without telling federal authorities, the release states.

Nunez is expected to remain in ICE custody until his immigration proceedings.

.@ICEgov arrested an illegal immigrant from Honduras charged with sexually assaulting children after Fairfax County, Virginia, released him without honoring an immigration detainer—According to @DHSgov.

Oscar Evaristo Nunez was arrested by ICE officers during a targeted… pic.twitter.com/y3NDR1yril

— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) September 30, 2026

In the news release, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin slammed “sanctuary politicians” for their lax attitude regarding dangerous criminals.

“Another criminal illegal alien has been taken off the streets by the brave men and women of ICE, with no help from sanctuary politicians in Fairfax County,” he declared.

“This illegal alien from Honduras had been arrested for child sex crimes in August last year, but Fairfax County refused to honor ICE’s detainer and let this creep back out onto the streets.

“Once again, ICE did the job that these heartless sanctuary politicians won’t do: Enforce the law and protect American lives. DHS is calling on Governor Abigail Spanberger and her fellow sanctuary politicians to stop putting the needs of illegal aliens over the safety of the American people.”

ICE’s Washington, D.C. Field Office Director Robert Guadian added, “Oscar Evaristo Nunez is charged with some disgusting and horrifying crimes and represents a significant threat to the members of our Northern Virginia communities.”

“When local officials refuse to work with ICE and honor our detainers, they are prioritizing politics over the safety of their neighborhoods,” he said. “In this case, they refused to honor our detainer and allowed an alleged child sex predator to potentially re-offend until ICE officers could take him off the streets.”

The federal government said Nunez — whose age was not released — illegally entered the U.S. through the southern border in 2003.

Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger made it a top priority to end state cooperation with ICE and even framed it as a victory for public safety, which has drawn heavy criticism given that she campaigned as a moderate.

“Under Governor Spanberger, Virginia has become a hotbed of illegal alien crime,” the DHS release stated.

The agency then listed over two dozen illegal aliens who’ve committed crimes in Virginia, ranging from murder and child pornography to rape and abduction.

This news also comes after ICE announced a barrage of high-profile arrests on Monday that included convicted murderers, drug dealers, and child abusers.

The list included criminals from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Micronesia and Nigeria.

These individuals committed crimes across the country in California, Indiana, Louisiana, Florida, New York, Iowa, Texas, Kansas, Maryland, Virginia, and Massachusetts.

The list of offenses included murder, sexual abuse of a minor, assault, and drug possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl.

Additionally, there were some who’d been convicted of “child abuse with great bodily injury or death,” as well as “lewd and lascivious acts” with a child under the age of 14.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.

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The misuse of Flock Safety camera systems continues to grow.

On Wednesday, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced the arrests of two deputies accused of improperly accessing law enforcement databases, including an automated license plate reader system that uses Flock cameras.

According to Gualtieri, Deputy Karl Gwynn, 57, ran 381 searches on a 35-year-old woman he had arrested years earlier because he reportedly wanted a relationship with her.

Of the 381 searches, 300 queries were made through the Flock ALPR system.

The second deputy arrested was 33-year-old Travis Stanton who allegedly used the police databases to gather information on a 17-year-old girl he was reportedly “romantically interested in.”

‘INAPPROPRIATE’: One of the deputies used a law enforcement database to look up information about a 17-year-old girl he was interested in romantically, according to the sheriff. Here’s more on the investigation: https://t.co/9lM9NHCP8s pic.twitter.com/YpTmdwYBbm

— 10 Tampa Bay News (@10TampaBay) September 30, 2026

Per WTSP:

Two Pinellas County sheriff’s deputies have resigned and face criminal charges after investigators said they improperly accessed sensitive law enforcement databases, including the Flock camera system.

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced the arrests Wednesday, describing two unrelated cases involving a former deputy’s interest in a 17-year-old girl and another deputy’s repeated searches of a woman’s information across multiple databases.

The first case involves former Deputy Travis Stanton, 33, who resigned on Sept. 25 after the sheriff’s office began investigating his conduct involving a 17-year-old girl who had filed a complaint with the agency. Gualtieri said Stanton used several databases to gather information about the girl and her vehicle, including running her license plate through Florida’s vehicle registration system using a computer in his patrol car.

In an unrelated case, Deputy Carl Gwynn, 57, allegedly queried a 35-year-old woman’s information 381 times.

Sheriff Gualtieri said Gwynn had arrested the woman years earlier and wanted a relationship with her. Unlike the Stanton case, Gwynn’s alleged misconduct directly involved the sheriff’s office automated license plate reader system (ALPR), commonly associated with Flock Safety cameras.

Gwynn has since resigned and was arrested on four counts of unlawfully accessing secure systems with his bond being set at $25,000.

Stanton was charged with unlawfully accessing secure systems and his bond was set at $10,000.

In August The Gateway Pundit reported a South Carolina police officer was fired for allegedly using a Flock camera system to spy on her ex-boyfriend.

READ:

Cop Fired After Allegedly Using Flock Cameras to Stalk Former Boyfriend – She Abused System 166 Times

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President Trump on Wednesday announced a major $54 billion investment in Alaska liquefied natural gas as part of a broader $350 billion investment deal with South Korea.

“We’re thrilled to announce one of the largest energy infrastructure investments in American history,” Trump said.

— A $22.3 billion, 6.5 GW natural-gas power facility in Encinal, Texas.

— Eight large nuclear reactors

— Alaska LNG project

Trump took questions from reporters after his announcement.

A reporter pointed out that California has to rely on foreign crude oil because the state doesn’t have refineries because of destructive, far-left environmental policies.

President Trump erupted on California’s Democrats over the state’s disastrous oil policies.

“It’s so unfair what California is doing. They closed their refineries. You know, they had a lot of refineries. They were actually the third or fourth biggest oil producer in the country. Nobody thinks of California that way. They have a lot of oil in California, but they don’t use it because of the environmental lunatics,” Trump said.

“They are being charged so much. It’s so sad to see and how they keep electing these people that have no idea what they’re doing,” Trump said.

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The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Tennessee’s execution of Christa Gail Pike to move forward after a last-minute stay.

Earlier Wednesday, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to halt the execution to determine whether Pike’s allegations of childhood sexual abuse were taken into consideration during her death penalty sentencing.

Tennessee’s Attorney General immediately appealed to the Supreme Court. A few hours later, the Supreme Court allowed Tennessee to go forward with the execution.

This is the First time Tennessee will have executed a woman in 200 years.

Christa Pike, 50, is set to be executed for a 1995 fatal stabbing, torture and beating of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer.

An inverted pentagram was carved into Slemmer’s chest during the gruesome murder.

Pike was 18 at the time of the murder. Pike’s boyfriend, Tadaryl Shipp, was also convicted of the 1995 murder.

The Associated Press reported:

The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing the execution of Christa Gail Pike to go forward, overturning a last-minute stay on Wednesday that was issued by an appeals court hours earlier.

Pike was scheduled to die by lethal injection in the morning, and witnesses had already gathered at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville when the 6th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals voted 2-1 to issue a stay. That court said a delay was needed to consider whether Pike’s allegations of childhood sexual abuse were fully considered at her sentencing.

Pike, now 50, and her boyfriend were convicted of the 1995 stabbing and beating of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, their classmate at a job training facility in Knoxville.

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