Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv diverted to Saudi Arabia
Flight FZ 1073 was scheduled to land in Tel Aviv, but Israeli officials say that after one of the pilots stabbed the other, it was diverted to Tabuk airport in northern Saudi Arabia. Flight data shows the plane dropped 17,400 feet in just under two minutes.
250 miles
Israel
Tel Aviv
250 km
Iraq
3
iran
2
1
Tabuk
Dubai
Abu Dhabi
uae
Saudi Arabia
oman
1
8:20 a.m.
Plane drops 17,400 feet, before changing direction
2
8:31 a.m.
Distress call placed
3
8:41 a.m.
Plane briefly enters Jordanian air space before turning back
250 miles
Israel
Tel Aviv
250 km
Iraq
3
iran
2
1
Tabuk
Dubai
Abu Dhabi
uae
Saudi Arabia
oman
1
8:20 a.m.
Plane drops 17,400 feet, before changing direction
8:31 a.m.
Distress call placed
2
8:41 a.m.
Plane briefly enters Jordanian air space before turning back
3
syria
Israel
Iraq
jordan
iran
Tel Aviv
8:41 a.m.
Plane briefly enters Jordanian airspace before turning back
8:31 a.m.
Distress call placed
Tabuk
8:20 a.m.
Plane drops 17,400 feet, before changing direction
Dubai
Abu Dhabi
Riyadh
uae
Saudi Arabia
oman
250 miles
250 km
