{
  "id": 10963437,
  "title": "Some flydubai passengers refuse to board rescue flight prepared by airline, source tells 'Post'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/some-flydubai-passengers-refuse-to-board-rescue-flight-prepared-by",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T14:46:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-910203"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Some passengers on flydubai Flight FZ1073 refused to board a rescue flight arranged by the airline after an attempted hijacking, according to a source speaking to The Jerusalem Post. The flight was en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv when the incident occurred, with the aircraft preparing to depart from Saudi Arabia's Tabuk Airport. The passengers who declined to board the rescue flight stated that they would not agree to travel on a non-Israeli operated plane, citing concerns following reports that the suspected hijacker was of Omani origin.\n\nOut of the 174 passengers on board, 166 were Israeli, according to earlier reports from Israeli media. The Mossad and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) had authorized flydubai's rescue flight crew earlier in the day. Defense officials have been pushing for the Israeli citizens to be returned to Israel as soon as possible, but the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has not received Saudi approval to land in the country.\n\nA passenger contacted The Jerusalem Post, expressing their unwillingness to board the flydubai flight unless there were no other options. \"We are interested in an Israeli plane to take us; we don't want to board the horrible company that put us through hell here today,\" the passenger stated. Children were also reportedly crying amid the situation at Tabuk Airport.",
  "summary": "\"We are interested in an Israeli plane to take us; we don't want to board the horrible company that put us through hell here today,\" one passenger told The Jerusalem Post.",
  "key_points": [
    "166 out of 174 passengers on flydubai FZ1073 refused rescue flight",
    "Passengers demanded Israeli-operated plane to return home",
    "Incident occurred en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}