
AI-generated summary
A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was involved in a dispute between the pilots, which resulted in one of them trying to bring the plane down and the other being stabbed.
Flydubai has suspended flights to Israel while it investigates an incident on board a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight. This was announced to TASS by the carrier’s press service.
The accident occurred on the morning of September 30. There were about 180 passengers on board. During the flight, the aircraft descended sharply and transmitted a distress signal 7700, followed by a code 7500, used when an aircraft is suspected of being hijacked.
According to preliminary data, the conflict occurred between two pilots. One of them tried to direct the plane down to the ground, the second, together with the passengers, tried to stop it. As a result, the latter was stabbed. After the incident, the plane landed safely at Tabuk airport in Saudi Arabia.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Flydubai will resume flights to Israel after the investigation into the incident is completed
Likely · Within weeks
Protocols for checking the mental state of pilots before departure will be tightened
Possible · Within months

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