- Captain Smit Machchhar successfully unlocked the cockpit door after being stabbed by his co-pilot during a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
- The Boeing 737 plunged more than 14,000 feet in under 30 seconds over Saudi Arabia before passengers restrained the attacker and helped stabilise the aircraft.
- The plane, carrying 182 passengers and crew, made an emergency landing in Tabuk in north-western Saudi Arabia.
- Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that the attacker, an Omani national, was arrested and appeared to have undergone radicalisation.
- Captain Machchhar is currently recovering from serious injuries in an Abu Dhabi hospital following the incident.
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