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13 outlets · filed 28 September 2026

A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv diverts to Saudi Arabia after making distress call

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The pilot and co-pilot have been hospitalized after what flydubai described as an onboard "incident" — but what exactly happened is unclear.

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What the coverage shows

Both outlets frame the story as a still-developing account of an Israel-bound flight that diverted to Saudi Arabia after emergency signals, with the Israeli government or minister suggesting a possible terror-related explanation. France 24 uses a cautious “what we know so far” approach and says the government believes the incident may have been an attempted terror attack by one of the pilots, while The Guardian US foregrounds the minister’s claim and notes that Israeli media say the episode may instead have stemmed from a feud between the two pilots.

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