Fly Dubai Passengers Land in Israel After Flight Diversion

According to PTI, citing Israeli news website Ynet on Wednesday, Smit Machchhar, an Indian national, was the captain of a Fly Dubai flight that had to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a heated cockpit altercation with his co-pilot.

Meanwhile, a passenger on the Fly Dubai plane bound for Israel that had to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia told Channel 12 about the hectic scenes. On the plane, we heard cries. The anonymous woman texted the network, “Then they opened the cockpit, and we saw blood, and someone had stabbed the pilot with a pocketknife. The two pilots are thought to have gotten into a violent confrontation.

According to the woman, crew members and Israeli passengers assisted in restraining an attacker. We prayed, ‘Shema Yisrael, she says. At times, we believed we wouldn’t survive. Screams began on the plane by passengers who realised what was happening,” added a second woman who identified herself as Noam. We are aware that one of the pilots lost control of the aircraft after being stabbed and suffering severe injuries. It began to plunge rapidly. It was really frightening.

Just now, a Fly Dubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv that had indicated an emergency touched down at Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk Airport. According to The Times of Israel, which cited Israeli security sources, an incident between pilots on the flight allegedly set off Fly Dubai emergency signals.

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