Aviation : un vol Dubaï – Tel-Aviv dérouté d'urgence en Arabie saoudite après une violente altercation entre pilotes
Scenes of chaos and confusion unfolded in the skies over the Middle East. On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, Flydubai flight FZ 1073, en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, was forced to make an emergency landing at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia following an "incident" in flight. While the Emirati airline confirmed that the aircraft landed safely and that all passengers were unharmed, several Israeli media outlets reported extremely serious events that occurred in the cockpit.
According to reports from Israeli television, a physical altercation broke out between the pilot and co-pilot, triggering the aircraft's distress signal. Witnesses on board reported that passengers intervened to separate the two men, with Channel 12 even broadcasting a photo of a pilot wearing a blood-stained t-shirt. Even more alarming, authorities are investigating a possible suicide attempt by one of the pilots, who reportedly tried to force the plane to the ground, a maneuver thwarted by his colleague. Data from the Flightradar website confirms a precipitous drop in altitude, with the Boeing plummeting from 34,000 feet to less than 17,000 feet in the space of a minute.
The alert triggered a wave of panic at the highest levels of the Israeli government. In a highly volatile regional context, the air force immediately scrambled fighter jets amid fears of a terrorist hijacking, a possibility quickly dismissed by security services. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held an emergency meeting with his cabinet to coordinate the rescue and repatriation of Israeli citizens stranded in Saudi Arabia. For the time being, authorities are proceeding cautiously, with the Israeli military indicating it is conducting further "checks" to fully understand this unprecedented event.
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