{"id":2029,"date":"2026-10-02T01:03:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T20:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:03:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T20:03:45","slug":"saudi-interior-ministry-says-flydubai-co-pilot-transferred-to-uae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2029","title":{"rendered":"Saudi interior ministry says Flydubai co-pilot transferred to UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Saudi Arabia\u2019s Interior Ministry said on Thursday that the Flydubai co-pilot suspected of attacking the captain during a flight bound for Israel has been transferred from the kingdom to the United Arab Emirates.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ministry said the captain and co-pilot left Saudi Arabia for Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning after their health improved and they were cleared by medical teams. They were accompanied by an Emirati security team.<\/p>\n<p>An initial investigation found that the co-pilot attacked the captain, resulting in injuries to both, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred on Flydubai flight FZ1073, which declared an emergency and was allowed to make an emergency landing at Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Tabuk on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft landed safely at 9:45am with 174 passengers and eight crew members on board, according to the ministry.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--    media--uneven  media--stretch\" data-original-src=\"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/02001852e34122e.webp\">\n<div class=\"media__item  \"><picture><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/02001852e34122e.webp\" alt=\"\"><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>All passengers received the necessary care and later continued their journey at 5:40pm on a replacement Flydubai aircraft. The remaining crew members returned to Dubai on another Flydubai flight.<\/p>\n<p>The captain and co-pilot were taken to hospital for treatment after the emergency landing.<\/p>\n<p>The initial investigation was conducted by Saudi authorities with the participation of a security team from the United Arab Emirates, the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi authorities said the kingdom handled the emergency in accordance with its international and humanitarian obligations and relevant regulations to ensure aviation safety and security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia\u2019s Interior Ministry said on Thursday that the Flydubai co-pilot suspected of attacking the captain during a flight bound for Israel has been transferred from the kingdom to the United Arab Emirates. The ministry said the captain and co-pilot left Saudi Arabia for Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning after their health improved and they were cleared by medical teams. They were accompanied by an Emirati security team. An initial investigation found that the co-pilot attacked the captain, resulting in injuries to both, the ministry said. The incident occurred on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2029\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}