Saudi Arabia allegedly declined a request from Israel to allow some of its military planes to bring back the stranded passengers of Flydubai Flight FZ1073 following Wednesday’s foiled hijack attempt, according to a report published by Reuters.
On Wednesday, Flydubai Flight FZ1073 became the target of an attempted hijacking attack after one of the copilots of the Boeing 737 aircraft stabbed the other in what Israeli officials report as a “jihadist terrorist attack.”
The plane, and its over 170 Israeli passengers, was flying from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Tel Aviv, Israel, at the time of the incident.
The potential tragedy was fortunately averted thanks to the brave efforts of...
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