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Flydubai flight makes emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after alert

The flight was travelling from Dubai to Israel. Al Jazeera’s report does not identify the alert’s cause or where in Saudi Arabia the aircraft landed.

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Source: Al Jazeera Global News · View original source
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A Flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after an emergency alert, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.

The available account does not give the flight number, identify the landing airport or say when the alert was issued.

It also does not specify what triggered the alert or describe what happened after the aircraft landed. No passenger details or information about injuries are provided.

A separate historical report described an earlier Flydubai diversion to Saudi Arabia after a reported cockpit altercation. The material available does not establish any connection between that incident and this emergency landing.

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