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Flydubai jet lands in Tabuk after emergency alert; two crew members hospitalized

A Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after sending a distress call. Flydubai said passengers were safe, while Saudi authorities reported that the pilot and co-pilot were hospitalized with injuries whose cause was not disclosed.

Flydubai jet lands in Tabuk after emergency alert; two crew members hospitalized
A flydubai flight traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing Wednesday at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after issuing a distress call, Saudi authorities said. The airline identified the plane as flight FZ 1073 and said it had experienced an onboard incident. All passengers were safe and accounted for, flydubai said, without explaining what happened. Saudi authorities said the pilot and co-pilot were hospitalized after sustaining injuries on board. Their conditions and the circumstances of the injuries were not disclosed. Many passengers on the flight are Israeli and were left in Saudi Arabia after the diversion. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he was consulting on the incident and monitoring developments. The cause of the emergency and the next steps for passengers remained unclear Wednesday.

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