{"id":22628,"date":"2026-09-30T07:54:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/flydubai-flight-diverted-to-saudi-arabia-after-hijacking-alert-as-israeli-jets-scrambled-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T07:54:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:54:43","slug":"flydubai-flight-diverted-to-saudi-arabia-after-hijacking-alert-as-israeli-jets-scrambled-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/flydubai-flight-diverted-to-saudi-arabia-after-hijacking-alert-as-israeli-jets-scrambled-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Flydubai Flight Diverted to Saudi Arabia After Hijacking Alert as Israeli Jets Scrambled \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\">\n<h3 id=\"h-a-flydubai-passenger-flight-travelling-from-dubai-to-tel-aviv-was-diverted-to-saudi-arabia-on-wednesday-after-transmitting-emergency-signals-including-a-code-indicating-possible-hijacking-or-unlawful-interference\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Flydubai passenger flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after transmitting emergency signals, including a code indicating possible hijacking or unlawful interference.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Boeing 737 was carrying more than 170 passengers, including a large number of Israelis, when it issued the emergency code 7700 before transmitting code 7500, which is associated with a possible hijacking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft turned away from Israel while flying over Saudi Arabia, prompting Israeli fighter jets to scramble as authorities sought to establish what was happening on board. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also convened an urgent security consultation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The aircraft later landed safely at Tabuk Airport in northwestern Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli security sources subsequently said the incident was apparently caused by an altercation between the pilots, rather than a hijacking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident triggered a major security response because of the hijacking code and the loss of normal flight tracking during part of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further details about what happened inside the cockpit are expected to emerge following questioning of the crew and passengers.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\taviation, Benjamin Netanyahu, breaking news, Dubai, emergency landing, Flydubai, Flydubai flight, hijacking alert, Israel, israel news, Israel security, Israeli fighter jets, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia news, Tabuk, Tel Aviv\t<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e431a0aaf2dcb7e221a3bd95d4b4996106e91f12afa178bba01dd45d1cdacc01?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e431a0aaf2dcb7e221a3bd95d4b4996106e91f12afa178bba01dd45d1cdacc01?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Athens Bureau<\/h5>\n<p>Athens Bureau is Greek City Times\u2019 news desk in Athens, reporting on Greek politics, society, economy, culture, and breaking national news for readers in Greece and the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/09\/30\/flydubai-flight-hijacking-alert-saudi-arabia\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Flydubai passenger flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv was diverted to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after transmitting emergency signals, including a code indicating possible hijacking or unlawful interference. The Boeing 737 was carrying more than 170 passengers, including a large number of Israelis, when it issued the emergency code 7700 before transmitting code &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Flydubai Flight Diverted to Saudi Arabia After Hijacking Alert as Israeli Jets Scrambled \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/flydubai-flight-diverted-to-saudi-arabia-after-hijacking-alert-as-israeli-jets-scrambled-greek-city-times\/#more-22628\" aria-label=\"Read more about Flydubai Flight Diverted to Saudi Arabia After Hijacking Alert as Israeli Jets Scrambled \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/HTcfpNWWkAE3lJK.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22628"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22628\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}