Pilot Tried To Take Control Of flydubai Plane, Terror Attack Not Ruled Out
Israeli authorities have shifted their assessment and are not ruling out a terrorism angle in the mid-air incident aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073 that was travelling from Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates to Ben Gurion in Israel. Earlier, authorities said that the flight was diverted after a 'violent clash' between the two pilots.
The co-pilot allegedly stabbed the pilot and attempted to take control of the plane which was carrying approximately 180 passengers. A second team of pilots in civilian clothes, later made an emergency landing at Tabuk airport in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday.
