A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday for an emergency landing after a “brawl” between the pilots.
Off-duty pilots on board the Boeing 737 saved over 170 Israeli passengers when they stepped up to take control on the bloodied flight deck as other passengers ran towards a man who had a knife.
The BBC reports the Flydubai plane departed Dubai International Airport early in the day but signalled an emergency code two hours into the journey, flight tracking website Flightradar24 says.
Minutes later it switched to a code used to report a hijacking but was later returned to the general emergency signal.
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