# Passengers recount ‘nightmare’ aboard diverted Flydubai flight

https://mins.news/en/item/81177

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-01 00:53 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/1/passengers-tell-of-nightmare-onboard-diverted-flydubai-flight?traffic_source=rss

> Israeli passengers describe the horror aboard a Flydubai flight after a pilot stabbed his co-pilot in the cockpit. The aircraft plunged 17,000 feet during the struggle from Dubai to Tel Aviv before being diverted to Saudi Arabia, where it landed safely.

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