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Israel says pilot tried to crash Tel-Aviv bound plane during cockpit fight, before safe emergency landing

FlyDubai flight FZ1073 to Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia as passengers describe harrowing scenes of a fight between the pilots, with one of them stabbed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a pilot "attempted to crash the plane," as Israeli security services investigate.

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00:02A commercial plane traveling from the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make
00:08an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after one of the pilots stopped his fellow
00:14pilots and attempted to crash the plane.
00:39The Israeli Prime Minister said a passenger and a crew member broke into the cockpit and
00:45managed to subdue the pilot.
00:47He added that the pilot who committed the stabbing was arrested and interrogated by Saudi authorities.
00:54The plane, which was carrying nearly 180 passengers, landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
01:01Israel has not experienced a hijacking in decades and maintains some of the strictest airport
01:07security in the world.

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