disaster Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
Flydubai co-pilot allegedly plotted attack; Israel restricts crew nationalities
17,000ft▲ from 16,000
The plane lost about 16,000 feet of altitude during the reported fight.
UAE prosecutors say Hamam al-Hammami admitted acting alone in a planned suicide attack to crash FZ1073 at Ben Gurion Airport. After the incident, Israel reportedly barred crew with nationalities from 31 countries from flights into or over Israel; Air France said it would comply.
- Flydubai
- Flydubai Flight FZ1073
- Tabuk
- Saudi Arabia
- United Arab Emirates
- Oman
- Israel
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Hamam al-Hammami
- Australia
- Air France
33 sourcesabc.net.au, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, PBS News, NPR, FRANCE 24 +2Updated
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Flydubai Flight FZ1073 diverted from its Dubai-to-Tel Aviv route and landed in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
23 of 23 sources“Passengers then tried to control the aircraft, which was safely landed in Saudi Arabia”