NEW: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reveals he spoke with President Trump about the dramatic intervention that helped save a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight as it was nosediving.

Netanyahu says Trump was "really appreciative" of the heroism onboard, describing passengers, including 30 children, believing they were about to die before a young Israeli man, the Indian pilot and others intervened.

"We faced a disaster of unbelievable proportions," Netanyahu says, before joking: "Make sure an Israeli is sitting next to you."