Riyadh will conduct an investigation into the Flydubai flight, media write

Brief retelling from RIA II

Saudi Arabia will conduct an international safety investigation into Flydubai flight FZ1073, on which the co-pilot assaulted the captain.

Israel has expressed a desire to take part in the investigation, but has not yet been invited.

The Israeli authorities and the UAE Prosecutor General's Office called the incident an attempted terrorist attack.

MOSCOW, October 7 - RIA Novosti. Saudi Arabia will conduct its own security investigation into the Flydubai flight on which the captain of the aircraft was attacked, Reuters reports, citing three sources.

“Saudi Arabia has notified specialized agencies abroad that it will conduct an international safety investigation into flight FZ1073, which was in Saudi airspace when the co-pilot attacked the captain with an axe,” the publication said.

The agency notes, citing Ofer Vaknin, director of the Israeli Aircraft Safety Investigation Office, that Israel, whose citizens were on board the flight, has expressed a desire to take part in Riyadh's investigation, but has not yet been invited.

A Flydubai plane flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 30 signaled an emergency and a short time later made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. The airline later confirmed that a fight broke out between the pilots during the flight. Later, information appeared in the media that one of the pilots injured the second and wanted to cause a plane crash. This information was confirmed to RIA Novosti by passengers on that flight.