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Flydubai flight diverted to Tabuk after reported cockpit attack

A Flydubai flight en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after the copilot reportedly stabbed the captain in an attempt to crash the aircraft. The captain and passengers intervened to subdue the attacker, allowing the plane carrying 174 people to land safely. The motive behind the assault has not been officially confirmed.

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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on casualties across 2 publishers; unresolved.
  • stheadline174人
  • ettoday170人全沒命
16 differing positions reported on attribution across 16 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw尼坦雅胡
  • bastillepost副機長
  • ltn杜拜
  • stheadline內塔尼亞胡
  • pts杜拜航空喋血事件
  • secretchina迪拜航空
  • mirrormedia納坦雅胡
  • newtalk川普
  • bbc印度機師
  • ettoday機長
  • dikenbıçaklanan
  • chinanews阿联酋总统顾问
  • meduzaвторого пилота
  • telegramטייס המשנה
  • memonitorauthorities
  • yna이스라엘
7 differing positions reported on location across 15 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw杜拜航空
  • bastillepost杜拜
  • ltn杜拜
  • stheadline杜拜
  • pts杜拜航空
  • epochtimes迪拜
  • ettoday以色列
  • secretchina迪拜
  • chinanews迪拜
  • mirrormedia客機半空中
  • newtalk杜拜
  • bbc杜拜
  • dikenDubai-Tel Aviv
  • telegramמדובאי לתל אביב
  • memonitorTel Aviv
7 differing positions reported on timing across 7 publishers; unresolved.
  • ltn第一時間
  • pts選前
  • ettoday半空
  • secretchina一秒
  • mirrormedia半空中
  • stheadline8
  • bastillepost周五起
3 differing positions reported on status across 16 publishers; unresolved.
  • cna-tw讚
  • bastillepost遭副機長刺傷
  • ltn成功阻止
  • ettoday血染駕駛艙
  • stheadline救
  • pts喋血事件
  • secretchina还原
  • mirrormedia曾受激進思想灌輸
  • newtalk稱
  • epochtimes见证
  • bbc劫機案
  • dikenbıçaklanan
  • chinanews称
  • telegramהחשוד
  • memonitorsuspends
  • yna참여
WhereTabuk
28.400, 36.572 ±10 km
First reported24 days ago
Published2026-10-02 05:18 UTC
Sources80
How this travelled.
Reports37Independent tellings18
18 independently corroborated tellings, 1 reported as carrying another outlet.

Corrections and updates

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Global Event Monitor. Flydubai flight diverted to Tabuk after reported cockpit attack. 2026-10-02T05:18:03.163Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4205. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-10-02/174-9fd8c2d7

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