Notlage: Prügelei im Cockpit – Flydubai-Maschine landet in Saudi-Arabien
Ein Flydubai-Flug auf dem Weg nach Tel Aviv sendet laut Medien ein Notfallsignal. Zunächst herrscht Aufregung wegen einer befürchteten Entführung. Dann wird der eigentliche Grund klar.
A cockpit altercation on a Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv resulted in an emergency signal being transmitted, leading the aircraft to land in Saudi Arabia. Israeli media reported initially fearing a hijacking, but confirmed that a takeover did not occur. The aircraft had flown over Saudi Arabia and landed at Tabuk Airport. Flydubai confirmed an "incident" onboard, following reports that the plane had first transmitted code 7700, indicating an emergency, and then code 7500, used to report a hijacking.
According to Israeli TV station N12, the pilot was Russian and the co-pilot Ukrainian. They had fought in the cockpit until one of them lost consciousness. No official confirmation of the incident was made at first. One pilot reportedly suffered stab injuries, and Israeli media is investigating whether one of the pilots attempted to crash the plane.
No official confirmation of this claim has been made. An unnamed high-ranking Israeli government official told TV station N12, however, that a serious catastrophe had been averted.
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