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Flydubai plane sends emergency call and lands in Saudi Arabia

Flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv with around 180 Israeli passengers on board initiates an emergency landing. Military launches fighter jets.

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  • A Flydubai passenger plane en route to Tel Aviv sent off an emergency signal and landed in Saudi Arabia.
  • Israel launched fighter jets.
  • The reason is said to have been an argument in the cockpit.

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A Flydubai plane with Israeli passengers on board sent an emergency signal and diverted to Saudi Arabia.

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A Flydubai passenger plane issued an emergency signal on a flight between Dubai and Tel Aviv and then landed in Saudi Arabia.

The plane, with about 180 Israeli passengers on board, sent out a signal indicating unlawful interference, according to Israeli media reports - sparking fears it could be a hijacking. The Israeli military launched fighter jets. It also said that Chief of General Staff Ejal Zamir was consulting with senior commanders.

However, a spokesman for the Israeli government announced early on that it was not assumed that there had been a kidnapping. As the Times of Israel and the newspaper Ha'aretz unanimously report, the plane landed a short time later at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia, where the plane turned after the emergency signal. The airline Flydubai confirmed that the plane landed safely in Tabuk. According to reports, the incident was caused by a "dispute between the pilots"; the exact background is still unknown.

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  • What details are there about the altercation between the pilots?
  • When can passengers continue their journey?

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This article was originally published by Die Zeit.

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