Cockpit Altercation Forces Flight Diversion
Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv diverts after co-pilot stabs captain.
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Flydubai Flight FZ1073, carrying about 175 passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv, diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain during a cockpit altercation. The aircraft descended roughly 15,000 to 17,000 feet before passengers and crew intervened and other pilots helped regain control; it landed safely. Both pilots were injured and treated, and all passengers and crew were reported safe. Saudi authorities arrested the suspected attacker. Israeli officials described the incident as a possible attempted attack or hijacking, while the motive and circumstances remain under investigation and Flydubai confirmed an in-flight incident.
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Media reports said 166 of the flight’s 174 passengers were Israeli.
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An emergency alert from the aircraft was sent about two hours after it departed Dubai, according to publicly available flight-tracking data.
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Flydubai sent two replacement aircraft to Tabuk to transport the passengers and crew, and a passenger told AFP that the group later departed for Tel Aviv.
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An Israeli official identified the suspected attacker as an Omani national, according to The Guardian as cited by Men's Journal.
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