Israel PM says pilot of rerouted flight tried to crash flydubai plane
TABUK, (Saudi Arabia): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the pilot of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight had tried to crash the plane and kill its passengers, after the aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Passengers gave a similar account of the incident on board, describing a fight for control after the plane suddenly plummeted, losing…
Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Wednesday. According to the pilot and passengers, a struggle for control erupted in the cockpit, leading to the plane plummeting from around 17,000 feet within a minute. Netanyahu alleged that one of the pilots stabbed the other and attempted to crash the plane with all passengers on board.
All 174 passengers, 166 of whom were Israeli, survived the ordeal and the flight was resumed to Tel Aviv following a brief layover in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The reason behind the violent altercation remains unclear.
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