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On Wednesday, a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv experienced an emergency when a copilot stabbed the captain during the flight. Passengers entered the cockpit and helped subdue the attacker, allowing crew members to take control and make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. The Israeli prime minister praised the injured captain for his actions that saved 174 lives. FlyDubai, owned by the Emirati government, operates a fleet of 98 Boeing 737 aircraft and reported carrying 15.7 million passengers with revenues of AED 13.6 billion ($3.7 billion) in 2025.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-01,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On September 30, 2026, a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv signaled multiple emergency alerts while flying over Jordan, leading it to divert to Tabuk Airport in northwestern Saudi Arabia. The Israeli Air Force scrambled fighter jets due to initial fears of a hijacking. However, Israeli officials later reported that the incident was caused by a fight between the pilots and not a security threat. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's Prime Minister, held emergency consultations regarding the diversion. The plane landed safely with all passengers unharmed; it carried around 150 people, mostly Israelis.
Written for “Israel Bound Flight Diverted” on 2026-10-04,
grounded in this article and the 283 other(s) covering the same event.
A copilot on a flight to Israel stabbed a captain on Wednesday before passengers pushed their way into the cockpit and wrestled with the attacker.
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passengers → stab → attacker
The FlyDubai plane fell rapidly, with a passenger saying he grabbed the controls and pulled upward, similar to how he had seen on television.
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he → fall → television
Other crew members soon took over, and the jetliner made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
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jetliner → take → Arabia
It was not clear what motivated the attack.
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what → motivate → attack
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Saudi Arabia had arrested the copilot.
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Arabia → say → copilot
The passengers from the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv were greeted with cheers in Israel as they completed the journey on another flight Wednesday evening.
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they → greet → flight
Here we take a look at the airline in which the altercation took place.
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altercation → take → place
Airline is owned by the Emirati government
Sister airline to Emirates, FlyDubai is a government-owned carrier operated by the United Arab Emirates that runs a fleet of 98 Boeing 737 aircraft, according to its website.
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that → own → website
It flies to the Mideast, Africa, Europe and Asia, including the Indian subcontinent.
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It → fly → subcontinent
In November 2020, FlyDubai began offering commercial flights between Tel Aviv and Dubai, a rare route at a time when other airlines in the region stopped flying to Israel, a UAE ally.
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airlines → begin → Israel
The airline reported carrying 15.7 million passengers in 2025 and reached a total revenue of AED 13.6 billion ($3.7 billion).
Stabbed captain helped passengers overpower attacker
During the chaos of the attack, the flight descended from 33,000 feet to 17,000 feet (around 10,000 meters to 5,100 meters) in about a minute, before making an erratic circle close to the Jordanian border and landing in Tabuk about an hour later, according to Flightradar24.
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flight → report → Flightradar24
Most of the plane’s rudder was ripped off the tail during the sudden drop.
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Most → rip → drop
Netanyahu identified the wounded captain as Smit Machchhar of India, and the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia said Machchhar was in stable condition.
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Machchhar → identify → condition
“Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, he fought back, resisted, opened the cockpit door, and enabled passengers and crew to overpower the attacker — preventing a catastrophic midair disaster,” Netanyahu said on X. “He saved the lives of 174 people, including Israeli citizens and other nationals.”
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He → stab → citizens
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