Terror on Dubai-Tel Aviv flight! Knife attack in the cockpit, passengers neutralize the aggressor

2026-09-30 14:10:00 / BOTA ALFA PRESS

Terror on Dubai-Tel Aviv flight! Knife attack in the cockpit, passengers

Dramatic incident on Flydubai flight FZ1073, which was traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, but was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after an incident in the cockpit. The plane landed at Tabuk airport, while footage published by Israeli media shows passengers clapping and singing, visibly relieved after the plane touched down.

The flight had transmitted a distress signal, causing alarm among Israeli authorities, who initially considered the possibility of a hijacking of the plane.

תיעוד מהמתוס שנחת בסעודיה: "השתלטנו על מחבלים. כל מי שסומע אותי – אנים עשוע אזרה" https://t.co/qp31UziuJB @NoganNir pic.twitter.com/Od4nR7c4Vq

— news 13 (@newsisrael13) September 30, 2026

?✈️???? A Flydubai flight relying on Dubai à Tel-Aviv has triggered an emergency code signaling a possible diversion while transporting around 180 passengers.

L'appareil a été dérouté vers l'Arabie saoudite. pic.twitter.com/JCAidYT0

— KRONIK Insights (@KRONIKInsights) September 30, 2026


One of the passengers, identified only as Meital, told Israel's Channel 12 that a crew member in the cockpit had tried to cause the plane to crash and that passengers intervened to stop him.

She said her husband was among those involved in neutralizing him. “Someone shouted ‘knife’ and my husband immediately realized what was happening. He ran to the front of the plane and together with other Israelis neutralized the terrorist,” she said. “There were knife wounds and a lot of blood,” the woman added, describing the condition of the passengers after the incident. “We are very stressed and under a lot of pressure. It is very difficult for me to speak,” she said.

Another passenger, in a video sent to his family, spoke of a person he described as a “terrorist” who, according to him, had tried to take control of the plane. He said that he had participated in the efforts to immobilize him and that the person was tied up. According to Channel 12, a group of pilots who were traveling as passengers, dressed in civilian clothes, were also on board the plane. According to Israeli media reports, they helped to cope with the situation and prevent one of the pilots from taking control of the plane. The mother of one of the passengers also gave the same information in her statements to Ben Gurion Airport.

Një zyrtar izraelit, i cituar nga i njëjti publikim, pretendoi se nëse këta pilotë nuk do të kishin qenë në bord, situata mund të kishte marrë përmasa shumë më të rënda. Ai e krahasoi skenarin e mundshëm me sulmet e 11 shtatorit 2001 ose krizën e pengjeve në Entebbe në vitin 1976. Ky pretendim, megjithatë, nuk është konfirmuar zyrtarisht. Ndërkohë, sipas medias izraelite Walla, piloti që po hetohet është shtetas i Omanit. Fotot e publikuara pas uljes në Arabinë Saudite tregojnë dëmtime në pjesën e bishtit të avionit, të cilat dyshohet se janë shkaktuar gjatë rënies së menjëhershme të tij në fluturim. Sipas një analize të të dhënave të fluturimit, avioni ka humbur rreth 4,360 metra lartësi brenda vetëm 37 sekondash. Pas uljes së avionit në mënyrë të sigurt në Arabinë Saudite, mbetet ende e hapur çështja e kthimit të pasagjerëve në Izrael.

Flydubai ka njoftuar se do të dërgojë një tjetër avion në aeroportin e Tabukut për të marrë pasagjerët dhe për të vijuar udhëtimin drejt Tel Avivit. Megjithatë, sipas raportimeve të mediave izraelite, autoritetet në Jerusalem po shqyrtojnë edhe mundësinë e dërgimit të avionëve civilë ose ushtarakë izraelitë për të rikthyer pasagjerët. Hetimet për ngjarjen vazhdojnë, ndërsa autoritetet nuk kanë dhënë ende një version përfundimtar mbi atë që ka ndodhur brenda kabinës së pilotit dhe shkaqet e incidentit.

Footage taken by a passenger aboard the flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv after the plane took a rapid plunge. pic.twitter.com/O3vd5644pL

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) September 30, 2026

❗? ‘Two Other Pilots Took Control’: Passenger’s Mother Recounts Flydubai Mid-Air Scare

"He took a knife and tried to kill the pilot," recounted a passenger's mother, adding that her daughter heard screams and calls for help before the plane began to lose control.

Israeli… https://t.co/4shM811Qnl pic.twitter.com/OsLwlfCd8W

— RT_India (@RT_India_news) September 30, 2026

 

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