Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv lands safely in Tabuk after cockpit attack
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- Flydubai flight 1073 departed Dubai at 7:05 local time on a Boeing 737 carrying about 170 passengers on a scheduled three‑and‑a‑half‑hour trip to Tel Aviv.
- During the flight the co‑pilot stabbed the captain in the cockpit, but five passengers entered, restrained the co‑pilot and secured the captain, allowing the aircraft to be stabilized and to make an emergency landing at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia; one passenger suffered a minor wrist injury while all others were unharmed.
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