Flydubai Flight FZ1073 Diverts To Saudi Arabia After Cockpit Altercation, Emergency Signals

What Happened Inside Flydubai Cockpit As Tel Aviv Bound Flight Made Emergency Diversion To Saudi What happened inside the Flydubai cockpit? Here's how the Tel Aviv-bound flight ended up making an emergency diversion to Saudi Arabia. Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, carrying 174 passengers including 27 children, sent a general emergency code (7700) and then a hijack alert (7500) over Jordan. It dropped about 17,000 feet in two minutes before landing at Tabuk in Saudi Arabia. According to Israeli officials, the Omani co-pilot is suspected of stabbing the captain and trying to crash the plane in what authorities believe was an attempted terror attack. Israeli officials say the captain, an Indian national, fought him off. Passengers stormed the cockpit to help subdue the attacker, and off-duty pilots reportedly helped bring the plane down safely. Tabuk airport officials say both pilots are in hospital. Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz held an urgent security meeting. Israeli officials say the attacker's aim could have been a hijack, a crash, or a 9/11-style attack. Hours later, a second Flydubai flight on the same route, FZ1081, turned back to Dubai. The reason isn't known yet .