Passengers say a pilot on a Dubai to Tel Aviv flight was stabbed before the plane was diverted to Saudi Arabia – here’s what we know so far
The airport where the plane landed says both the captain and first officer sustained injuries – but does not say how. Both have been taken to hospital
It now appears this may have been an attempted hijacking by one of the pilots, writes Jon Donnison
One video shows a passenger on board the plane as it approached Saudi Arabia: “Anyone who hears me: we need help”
Another passenger says “we took control of the flight” from “an assailant with a knife” – while two other pilots, sitting at the back, reportedly came forward to land the plane
The Flydubai plane signalled an emergency code two hours into the flight. It then switched to a hijacking code but returned to a general emergency signal
Data shows how the plane plummeted 17,000ft (5,200m) in less than two minutes
