# Australian couple were passengers on diverted flydubai flight to Israel, embassy says

https://mins.news/en/item/81364

- The Guardian, 2026-10-01 05:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/australian-couple-on-flydubai-plane-to-israel-ntwnfb

> The Israeli embassy says a Jewish couple from Sydney were among passengers on a flydubai flight from the UAE to Israel that was diverted to Saudi Arabia after one pilot allegedly stabbed the co-pilot. The aircraft plunged about 17,000 feet in two minutes. Benjamin Netanyahu said it was too early to identify who was behind the incident.

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