One pilot stabbed, terror angle: What we know on flydubai hijack scare
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A flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia after a violent fight between the pilots in the cockpit triggered distress signals. A violent, bloodied altercation between the captain and the co-pilot on a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight (FZ1073) triggered emergency signals and sparked fears of a hijacking on Wednesday. While the exact sequence of events remains under investigation, initial assessments suggest that one pilot allegedly attempted to crash the aircraft and was stopped by the second pilot with help from passengers. The dramatic mid-air incident prompted Israel and Saudi Arabia to scramble jets before the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, carrying around 180 passengers, eventually landed safely at Tabuk Airport in north Saudi Arabia. A second team of pilots in civilian clothes who were on the flydubai plane made the emergency landing. Both the pilot and co-pilot were hospitalised after sustaining injuries. Viral visuals on social media showed a passenger in a ...