Flydubai flight to Israel diverted to Saudi Arabia after emergency alert

Airline says plane experiences ‘incident’ en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, lands safely at Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk airport.Published On 30 Sep 202630 Sep 2026A commercial plane travelling from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Israel has been forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.The Flydubai plane transmitted an emergency alert shortly after take-off on Wednesday, according to publicly available flight-tracking information.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4UAE bars Iranian airlines as US sanctions squeeze Iran’s aviation sectorlist 2 of 4UAE lifts all air traffic restrictions introduced since Iran warlist 3 of 4Airlines hike fares, cut millions of seats as Iran war drives up fuel costslist 4 of 4Dozens of aircraft, hundreds of buildings: US loss to Iran attacks revealedend of listThe airline confirmed that the plane “experienced an incident while en route”, adding that it landed safely at Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk airport, a civilian and military base in the kingdom, and all passengers are safe and accounted for.It said more details will be shared later.The incident that caused the plane to issue an “unlawful interference” alert was apparently due to an alterc...