Hijacking ruled out as flydubai flight to Tel Aviv lands at Saudi airport; Pilot altercation behind emergency

Sep 30, 2026

A flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv that declared an emergency during the flight landed at Tabuk airport in Saudi Arabia on...

Civilian pilots step in to safely land Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight: Israeli officials

Sep 30, 2026

A “severe disaster” was averted, an Israeli official said, as a flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing at...

UAE-Saudi Arabia weekly flights soar 13.3 pc to 383 during Ramzan

Apr 08, 2024

The authority explained that flydubai increased its flights to the Kingdom by 40 per cent from 93 weekly flights in February to 130 flights...

"Someone had stabbed the pilot": Passengers recount Cockpit Chaos on flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, say they feared for their lives

Sep 30, 2026

Passengers aboard a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv recounted scenes of panic, including screams, blood in the cockpit and a sudden dive,...