Breaking News · September 30, 2026, 12:20 PM CDT
As reported by CNN:
Here's the latest • Hijacking attempt: A pilot on the Israel-bound Flydubai flight diverted to Saudi Arabia stabbed the other pilot and appears to have tried to crash the plane, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
He said passengers and crew subdued the assailant, who has been arrested. • Passengers’ fear: The incident caused the aircraft, traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, to plummet 17,400 feet in less than two minutes, flight tracking data shows.
One passenger told Israeli media there were moments she believed she was going to die. Repatriation flight: A replacement Flydubai flight carrying most of the stranded passengers just landed at Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv.
Saudi Arabia earlier rejected an Israeli request to send a military or civilian plane to bring passengers home.[1]
Video: BBC News, September 30, 2026 — “Passengers tell Israeli media pilot was stabbed on flight diverted to Saudi Arabia. #BBCNews”. Matched to this story by shared names and terms in its title; watch the original for full context.
How 5 outlets are reporting it
- Passengers overcame pilot who tried to crash flydubai flight, Israel says (Reuters)
- Live updates: A pilot may have sought to crash Israel-bound flight, Netanyahu says (CNN)
- Israel Dubai flight: Pilots taken to hospital, says airport, after reported cockpit stabbing (bbc.com)
- Flydubai pilots reportedly fight in cockpit, triggering hijacking fears and Israeli fighter jet response (foxnews.com)
- FlyDubai flight spirals into chaos. What we know and what remains a mystery (Axios)
What bbc.com reports
Passenger tells Netanyahu about grabbing attacker 'in a chokehold'published at 18:10 BST We can bring you more from Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with one of the passengers, Yaniv, whom the PM says "broke into the cockpit".
Netanyahu describes him as "a hero" and asks how he did it.
"We are a nation of lions, aren't we?"[2]
How to Verify This Yourself
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References
- CNN. Live updates: A pilot may have sought to crash Israel-bound flight, Netanyahu says. ↩
- bbc.com. Israel Dubai flight: Pilots taken to hospital, says airport, after reported cockpit stabbing. ↩
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