Details of what happened on the Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that it is too early to determine who was behind the accident of a Flydubai plane that was heading from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Netanyahu added that Tel Aviv is following investigations and will find out the roots of this attacker, and whether he has accomplices.

Netanyahu explained - in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News - that a plumber helped avert the disaster after a fight broke out in the cockpit on the flight, saying, “It is an amazing heroic act on his part, on the part of the Indian pilot, and on the part of the people who helped them. They prevented a disaster that could have been global.”

For its part, the Emirati airline Flydubai announced the suspension of its flights to and from Israel, pending an investigation following the attack that occurred on board the flight between Dubai and Tel Aviv, which forced the plane to change its course.

US President Donald Trump said that he spoke with the Israeli Prime Minister about the Fly Dubai plane incident, adding: “I spoke with Netanyahu at length about this incident and it appears that the co-pilot was either a terrorist or crazy and stabbed the pilot.” He also explained with his own hands how the plumber saved the plane: “The plumber, who had never flown a plane in his life, acted wisely and held the steering wheel up because he was watching the crazy program ‘Air Disasters’.”

On Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Indian pilot Smit Machar, describing him as a "hero" after he was injured by his co-pilot on board the flight.

Modi said in a statement posted on social media: “His courage contributed to saving hundreds of lives and averting a major disaster. India is proud of Captain Machar. We pray for his speedy recovery.”

In a previous interview... Flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machar talks about the importance of having a doctor on board any plane to save the pilot’s life in emergency situations pic.twitter.com/h1h0JkRrkQ

The Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia also announced that it is monitoring the health condition of Captain Smit Machar, and explained that he is receiving the necessary medical care in a hospital in the city of Tabuk, northwest of the Kingdom, noting that initial reports indicate that his condition is stable.

The embassy confirmed that it is in contact with his family, and that it will continue to monitor his health condition in coordination with the Saudi authorities, awaiting the issuance of comprehensive details about his condition.

Sharp fluctuations, a rapid landing, emergency codes 7700 and 7500, then a safe landing in Tabuk.. Al Arabiya re-drawn the last moments of the Flydubai flight with artificial intelligence pic.twitter.com/ptU3e5dJMt

Al Arabiya had redrawn the scenario of the last moments before the Flydubai plane accident using artificial intelligence as follows:

Five minutes past seven.. The Boeing 737 MAX 8 prepares to take off from Dubai Airport to Ben Gurion Airport.

There are 180 passengers on board this Flydubai flight, in addition to the crew and two pilots.

Flight FZ 1073 was on course, a routine flight, before everything changed.

Twenty-one minutes past eight... and above Saudi airspace in the northwest, the plane began to experience sharp and sudden fluctuations in altitude.

One minute later, the plane underwent a sharp and rapid landing, as the plane lost more than 14,000 feet of altitude in less than 30 seconds.

Thirty-one minutes past eight: The plane sends the emergency code 7700, which is an emergency, and after seven minutes the code turns into 7500, the international code designated for a security incident.

Circulating scenes show Israeli passengers storming the cockpit to save their “Fly Dubai” flight after the co-pilot attempted to hijack it pic.twitter.com/y8sUBbZC6y

According to accounts, an argument occurred inside the cockpit between the plane’s captain and his co-pilot, and the co-pilot stabbed the captain and tried to bring down the plane, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s account, before the plane crew was able to control the situation.

Then two other pilots intervened, took over the command, and changed the plane’s course towards Saudi Arabia.

Fifty-eight minutes past nine.. The plane made an emergency landing safely at Tabuk Airport.

Everyone on board this flight survived, and the incident is still under investigation.

The incident comes amid escalating tension in the Middle East, against the backdrop of the war that broke out at the end of February with American and Israeli strikes on Iran.

Al Arabiya Network journalist Mahmoud Al Majali explains the path of the “Fly Dubai” plane after it took off from Dubai International Airport until it landed in Tabuk: The black box will reveal what happened in the cockpit “Was it a quarrel or an attempt to shoot down the plane?”.. Saudi Arabia has the right to conduct investigations into the accident, and the UAE and the company can… pic.twitter.com/mmv75vSir6