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- FlyDubai pilot stabbed a fellow pilot on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight, Israel's authorities reported.
- Passengers forced into the cockpit and wrestled the attacker as the jet sharply descended.
- The crew regained control and the aircraft landed safely in Saudi Arabia.
- Israel scrambled warplanes while Saudi authorities arrested the attacker, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, without disclosing his identity.
- Passengers transferred to another flight and arrived in Israel Wednesday evening.