Flydubai Flight Drama: Rescue Flight Carrying Passengers Lands in Israel
- Flydubai Flight FZ1073, carrying about 180 Israeli passengers from Dubai to Israel, made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after transmitting emergency codes.
- Passengers reported that one pilot attacked the co-pilot, prompting passengers and a crew member to intervene.
- The two pilots were hospitalized, and Saudi authorities opened an investigation while Flydubai said all passengers were safe and accounted for.
- The passengers later continued to Israel on a replacement aircraft.
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The Israeli Prime Minister met at Tel Aviv airport with passengers from Saudi Arabia, where their aircraft had been diverted.
The passengers of FlyDubai's flight to Tel-Aviv arrived at Ben Gurion Airport (Israel) on Wednesday, September 30 at the end of the afternoon. Their aircraft had to land in Saudi Arabia as a matter of urgency, following an altercation in the cockpit and the passengers' intervention.
A plane carrying passengers from a plane that had made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia landed at Tel Aviv airport on Wednesday. They were greeted by a large crowd of people playing music, singing, dancing and waving Israeli flags, the BBC reports.
Flydubai, one of whose pilots on Wednesday allegedly attempted to seize the aircraft, eventually flew to Tel Aviv on a special, backup plane, reporting to The Times of Israel.
Passengers on diverted plane arrive in Tel Aviv
Passengers on a rescue flight arrived in Tel Aviv after the Flydubai plane they were on needed to make an emergency landing when a pilot stabbed his fellow pilot and tried to crash the flight, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. NBC News' Matt Bradley reports on the reaction at Ben Gurion Airport.
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