10:48 AM EDT, 09/30/2026 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates to add information from flydubai's latest statement) Flydubai's flight FZ 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, Israel, landed safely at Saudi Arabia's Tabuk Airport after an altercation occurred in the flight deck, a spokesperson for the United Arab Emirates-based airline said Wednesday. The carrier also confirmed that all passengers are safe and accounted for, and that it has deployed two replacement aircraft to Tabuk. It added that the incident has not impacted its other scheduled operations. "At this early stage, the underlying reasons and motives behind this event are unknown and remain subject to a formal investigation," the spokesperson said.

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