
The pilot allegedly stabbed the co-pilot and tried to crash the plane flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv
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Flydubai flight FZ103 was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The plane was redirected and landed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
The emergency landing of a flydubai plane bound for Tel Aviv in Saudi Arabia was the result of the actions of a terrorist, said Itamar Ben Gvir, Israeli Minister of National Security on Wednesday.
The terrorist tried to crash the plane to murder 180 Israelis on board, the minister said.
Israel Katz, Israel's defense minister, said it was an "attempted jihadist attack" and the attacker had one goal: to crash the plane.
Netanyahu spoke out
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also spoke.
"During the flight, as the plane was approaching Israel, one of the pilots stabbed the other pilot and apparently tried to crash the plane with passengers on board," the prime minister said in a statement.
The pilot who carried out the knife attack was arrested and is currently being interrogated by Saudi authorities, Netanyahu said.
According to Reuters, Israeli officials who spoke anonymously to reporters said Israel currently assesses the incident was a "terrorist attack" and was not related to any mental problems of any of the pilots.
Emergency landing in Saudi Arabia
Earlier, Israeli television Channel 12, citing a high-ranking official, reported that one of the pilots of the Flydubai plane that landed in the city of Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia intended to crash the plane.
An official told Channel 12 that a "major disaster was avoided" while one of the pilots of flight FZ103 from Dubai to Tel Aviv is being questioned and there are growing signs that he tried to take control of the plane to crash it.
According to the official of the authorities, he was stopped by passengers, and there was a second team of plainclothes pilots on board, and if it had not been for them, the incident could have ended in a "second September 11".
The Israeli portal Walla reported that the pilot who tried to take over the controls was an Omani.
Tabuk airport reported that both the first and co-pilots were injured. Both were taken to hospital.
Dramatic scenes on board the Boeing
Data from public sources indicate that about two hours after takeoff, the Boeing suddenly dived, falling from an altitude of 10,000 meters in one minute. up to 5 thousand meters and at the same time increased its speed rapidly.
Then it returned to an altitude of over 6,000 for a few seconds. meters, and then dived again, this time falling below 4,000. meters.
The plane was operating flight FZ103 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, but was diverted and eventually landed in the northwestern Saudi Arabian city of Tabuk.
flydubai confirmed the "incident" and said all passengers landed "safely".
Reports from passengers who were on board appeared in the Israeli media.
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Further interrogation of the pilot by Saudi authorities.
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