Flydubai makes emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after Ukraine and Russian pilots fight in cockpit
Flydubai Plane was forced to make and emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after Russia and Ukraine pilots started fighting in cockpit
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A Flydubai plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia after its two pilots started fighting in the cockpit during flight.
Reports say the Boeing 737 MAX 8 was being operated by an uncanny combination of pilots from Ukraine and Russia who eventually started fighting in the cockpit.
The incident underway aboard a Flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 which had taken off from the Dubai International in the United Arab Emirates heading to Tel Aviv in Israel forced the flight to be terminated.
The Flydubai flight FZ1073, connecting Dubai to Tel Aviv, was thus compelled to make an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
The manifest indicates that at around 03:05 UTC: the Boeing 737 MAX 8 took off from the Dubai International Airport.
However, at 05:31 UTC: the plane transponder switched to 7700 (Emergency)
Seven minutes later at 05:38: the transponder switched to 7500, which is a hijacking code.
At this moment passengers feared the situation could develop into a suicidal crash.
By 06:28 UTC: the responder returned to 7700, declaring emergency.
According to several reports currently circulating, an altercation reportedly broke out between the pilots, leading to the declaration of an emergency.
But, despite the fight which broke out during the flight, the FlyDubai Boeing 737 ultimately landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
According to Israel’s Channel 12 news outlet, the Flydubai Boeing 737 plane was being piloted by a Russian captain and a Ukrainian airline pilot officer.
For some reason, a violent fight is said to have broken out in the cockpit, leading to its diversion to Tabuk airport for emergency landing.
It should be recalled that Russia and Ukraine are currently at war.
Observers believe that the war in Eastern Europe could have found its way aboard the FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 after the two captains allegedly picked up political arguments that resulted in cockpit fight.
