Co‑pilot attacks pilot on Flydubai flight, aircraft lands safely in Saudi Arabia
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- Co‑pilot Hammam al‑Hammami attacked the pilot with a knife and tried to seize control of Flydubai flight FZ1073, which was en route from the UAE to Israel over Saudi Arabia, and the backup pilot landed the aircraft at Tabuk airport in Saudi Arabia.
- Saudi authorities detained the co‑pilot after landing, the UAE prosecutor’s office described the incident as a terrorist attack, and Israeli officials said investigators from Israel and the UAE will jointly investigate, noting that the majority of the more than 170 passengers and crew were Israeli citizens and that the co‑pilot was radicalised with suicidal intentions.
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