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Details of the Fly Dubai flight incident; from bloody altercation to hijacking…

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Mehr News Agency

Details of the Fly Dubai flight incident; from bloody altercation to hijacking possibility. 🔺Fly Dubai issued a statement saying that Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv encountered problems during flight but landed safely at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia. 🔺Israeli media reported, citing one of the passengers on this plane with 150 Israeli passengers: We heard screams and saw blood. The pilot had been stabbed. For a moment, we thought we would never be rescued. 🔺It has also been reported that one pilot stabbed the other pilot. A struggle ensued, and the pilot who attacked with the knife intended to hijack the plane or crash it to the ground. A struggle occurred inside the plane, and its altitude decreased by 4,000 meters.

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