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Flydubai Flight Plunges Mid-Air, Pilot Injured After Violent Attack; Emergency Landing Made
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Moneycontrol•30-09-2026, 16:28
Flydubai Flight Plunges Mid-Air, Pilot Injured After Violent Attack; Emergency Landing Made
- •Terrifying visuals emerged from a Flydubai flight showing a pilot severely injured and soaked in blood after a reported attack during a mid-air plunge.
- •The Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was forced to divert and make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia due to a "violent incident" between two pilots.
- •The aircraft transmitted the international emergency code 7700, indicating an emergency, and later changed to 7500, signaling unlawful interference.
- •Israeli Air Force fighter jets were scrambled after the emergency signal, and the aircraft rapidly lost altitude from 34,000 feet to 16,600 feet within two minutes.
- •The flight eventually landed safely at Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, approximately two and a half hours after departing Dubai.
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The Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was forced to divert and make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia following a violent incident and bloody altercation between two pilots inside the cockpit.
The aircraft initially transmitted the international emergency code 7700 while flying over Saudi Arabia and subsequently changed its transponder code to 7500, which is the recognized code for unlawful interference.
After the emergency signal was detected, the Israeli Air Force scrambled fighter jets, and authorities prompted a security response while media initially reported the alert in connection with a possible hijacking.
