What we know about stabbing on Flydubai flight to Israel
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A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was unexpectedly diverted to Saudi Arabia after one pilot stabbed the other and "apparently tried to crash the plane", Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said.
The Flydubai plane - which took off from Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates early on Wednesday morning - signalled an emergency alert two hours into the flight.
Tracking data also showed a sudden drop in the plane's altitude.
Flight FZ1073 was forced to change course from its route to Ben-Gurion Airport in Israel and instead landed at Tabuk Airport in northeastern Saudi Arabia.
On arrival, accounts from passengers to local media detailed a stabbing in the cockpit of the plane.
In an address after the incident, Netanyahu confirmed the stabbing and said a passenger and crew member broke into the cockpit and overpowered "the pilot who had carried out the stabbing".
The pilot was arrested and is being questioned by Saudi authorities, the prime minister said.
The plane's captain and first officer were injured and taken to hospital, the company that owns Tabuk Airport said. It did not say what caused the injuries.
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