5W1H Report — Flydubai FZ1073 Who @2026-10-01 03:55:46 - Calle 15 de Febrero

· Stabbed pilot: Capt. Smit Machchhar, Indian national. Hospitalized, stable. Praised as a “hero” by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian PM Narendra Modi. · Alleged attacker: Unnamed pilot. Arrested in Saudi Arabia. Expected to be transferred to the UAE. Netanyahu said the pilot is being investigated in Saudi Arabia. · Passengers/crew: 174 people aboard, almost all Israeli. Passenger Yaniv Hayun restrained the attacker in a chokehold; other passengers helped pin him down. Passenger Zvika Meness said the attacker was tied with zip ties and headphones. Two on-duty Flydubai crew travelling on the flight landed the plane. · Officials: Netanyahu; Modi; Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz; US President Donald Trump. WHAT · A pilot stabbed another pilot on Flydubai flight FZ1073. Netanyahu said the attacker “apparently tried to crash” the aircraft. Flydubai said an “altercation occurred in the flight deck.” Passengers and crew overpowered the attacker and retook control. The plane diverted and landed safely at Tabuk airport, Saudi Arabia. WHEN · Wednesday. Flight took off at 03:05 GMT / 07:05 local. · About 2 hours in, the plane plunged more than 17,000 ft. · Minutes later: squawk 7700 emergency, then squawk 7500 hijacking. · About 20 minutes after those codes: manual descent toward Saudi Arabia. · Less than an hour later: returned to squawk 7700. · Passengers were flown to Tel Aviv later that Wednesday. WHERE · Origin: Dubai International Airport, UAE. · Destination: Ben-Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, Israel. · Diverted/landed: Tabuk airport, Saudi Arabia. · Suspect arrested in Saudi Arabia; expected transfer to UAE. WHY · Not established. Netanyahu said it is “too early to say” if Iran was involved. He also said Israel had no warning or advance intelligence. · Katz called it an “attempted jihadist terror attack,” without details. · Trump said the attacker was “perhaps a terrorist” or there were other reasons. · Motive remains under investigation. Iran involvement is unconfirmed. HOW · Cockpit altercation and stabbing. · Aircraft plunged; emergency/hijack squawk codes were transmitted. · Passenger Hayun put the attacker in a chokehold and pulled the controls; others helped pin and tie him. · Another pilot took over control. · Two on-duty Flydubai crew landed the aircraft safely at Tabuk. · Suspect arrested in Saudi Arabia. KEY UNKNOWNS · Attacker’s identity, exact motive, charges. · Whether Iran was involved. · Full injury count and investigation outcome. · Exact calendar date of the incident.