A plane en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv was forced to turn around and land in Saudi Arabia after a pilot was stabbed by the co-pilot, resulting in a dramatic descent of over 5,000 meters before pilots from Flydubai were able to intervene and assist. (translated)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday to Fox News that they know the pilot underwent "Islamist indoctrination." (translated)
"Someone who planned to murder 180 Israelis should be extradited to Israel and pay the highest price here," says Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. (translated)
Israel demands that Saudi Arabia extradite a pilot suspected of planning a deadly attack on a Flydubai plane, which has complicated the investigation due to the absence of diplomatic relations between the countries. (translated)
The Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian citizen, was stabbed with a knife in the cockpit on flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv today. According to Israeli media and passenger reports, the assailant was the co-pilot, who several sources identify as an Omani. Machchhar is being treated for knife wounds. Several reports on the same day describe his condition as serious. Despite serious injuries, Machchhar helped prevent the plane from crashing. Passengers and two off-duty pilots broke into the cockpit, overpowered the attacker, and landed the plane in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. All 180 or so people on board survived. (translated)
There has been a terrorist attack on a flight from Dubai to Israel. The co-pilot of the plane, who was from Oman, stabbed the captain in an attempt to hijack the plane. Crew members entered the cockpit and subdued the Muslim pilot 💪 and the plane landed safely in Saudi Arabia. (translated)
Passengers from a Flydubai plane testify about the terror during a hijacking where a pilot stabbed his colleague, which led to a dramatic emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. (translated)
Dramatic scenes on board a flydubai flight According to initial reports, today on a flydubai flight to Israel, a pilot attacked the captain with a knife and seriously injured him. Fortunately, another pilot crew in civilian clothes was on board. Together with passengers, they subdued the attacker. The plane, with around 170 Israelis on board, was able to land safely in Saudi Arabia. A senior Israeli official says that without these men, the whole situation could have ended like 9/11. Much has not been officially confirmed yet. But one thing this flight already shows: courage sometimes decides in seconds about hundreds of lives. Until an hour ago, there was nothing to read about this in German media. Remarkable. (translated)
Israeli authorities are investigating a suspected terrorist attack after a pilot on a plane from Dubai to Tel Aviv attempted to crash the aircraft, forcing it to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia following a violent altercation in the cockpit. (translated)
Waiting for Swedish media to wake up... A plane from Dubai to Tel Aviv was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after the co-pilot, an Omani citizen, reportedly stabbed the captain multiple times and attempted to take control of the plane. The suspicion is that the co-pilot intended to crash the plane with the passengers on board. Israel is now treating the incident as a terrorist attack. Israeli passengers and crew took matters into their own hands, broke into the cockpit, and subdued him. These heroes saved the lives of 180 people. True fauda! (translated)
Premier Benjamin Netanyahu rief laut Berichten sogar eine Sicherheitssitzung mit Vertretern des Verteidigungsministeriums ein. #Notlandung #Flugzeugvorfall #SaudiArabien
On a scheduled flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, there was apparently a violent dispute between the pilots, which led to an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, causing chaos and panic on board, but no passengers were injured. (translated)
A passenger plane on its way from Dubai to Tel Aviv has issued a distress signal and made a sharp turn, which is expected to lead to a landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. (translated)
A passenger plane en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv has issued a distress signal and is returning to Saudi Arabia, where it is expected to land soon with around 180 passengers on board. (translated)
Saudi-Arabien hat laut Medienberichten die Ölexporte über die Ost-West-Pipeline nach schweren Drohnenangriffen wieder aufgenommen, nachdem der Betrieb vorübergehend eingestellt wurde. #SaudiArabien #ÖlPipeline #Drohnenangriffe
Der saudische Außenminister Prinz Faisal bin Farhan ist heute in Washington eingetroffen, um mit US-Außenminister Marco Rubio über bilaterale Beziehungen und regionale Entwicklungen zu sprechen, während Saudi-Arabien um militärische Unterstützung gegen die von Iran unterstützten Huthi-Rebellen nachgesucht hat. #SaudiArabien #USAPA #HuthiMiliz
Bei einem saudi-arabischen Luftangriff auf die Stadt Tais im Jemen wurden laut Huthi-Medien heute sieben Menschen getötet und 40 verletzt. #Jemen #Huthi #SaudiArabien
Das teilte Turki al-Maliki mit, der Sprecher des von Saudi-Arabien angeführten Militärbündnisses, das im Jemen an der Seite der Regierung gegen die vom Iran unterstützte Huthi-Miliz kämpft. #StraßeVonHormus #Schifffahrt #SaudiArabien
„Die Straße von Hormus muss zurück zum Status vor dem 28. Februar 2026 ohne die Erhebung jeglicher Gebühren und ohne Beschränkungen“„Die Straße von Hormus muss zurück zum Status vor dem 28. Februar 2026 ohne die Erhebung jeglicher Gebühren und ohne Beschränkungen“, sagte der saudische Außenminister Faisal bin Farhan bei der UNO-Generaldebatte. #StraßeVonHormus #Schifffahrt #SaudiArabien
Saudi-Arabien fordert, dass die Straße von Hormus gebührenfrei bleibt und auf den Status vor dem Iran-Krieg zurückkehrt, während es gleichzeitig einen neuen Luftangriff der Huthi-Miliz auf Riad abwehrte. #StraßeVonHormus #Schifffahrt #SaudiArabien
