Flydubai co-pilot โassaultedโ captain before landing: Initial Saudi probe
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says pilots were returned to the UAE with an Emirati security team.
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Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry says pilots were returned to the UAE with an Emirati security team.
Airline says plane experiences 'incident' en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv, lands safely at Saudi Arabia's Tabuk airport.
A commercial plane travelling from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to Israel was forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, briefly raising concerns about a possible hijacking and prompting Israel to scramble warplanes. Israeli media, citing security officials, said the incident stemmed from a feud between the planeโs two pilots, and everyone on board was safe. The plane landed in Tabuk, a civilian and military base in the kingdom. The FlyDubai plane transmitted an...
Parents across Saudi Arabiaโs Riyadh received messages from schools on Sunday announcing a last-minute plan to shift to remote learning for a week. There was no official reason given but the move comes amid heightened tensions in the Gulf and near-daily attacks aimed at Saudi Arabia by Iran-backed Houthi fighters in Yemen.
President Trump is expected to meet Gulf leaders next week, that's according to Axios. The meeting is reportedly set to take place on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. Meanwhile, oil held its steep drop after reports suggested Saudi Arabia will return to about half the capacity of its damaged East-West pipeline within days. Megan Sutcliffe, Principal Analyst for the Middle East and Africa at Sibylline spoke to Bloombergโs Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East & Africa on the attacks in the region. (Source: Bloomberg)
Saudi Arabia said it closed its East-West oil pipeline, a key alternative route to the Strait of Hormuz, following multiple attacks on Thursday. The conduit was shut as a precautionary measure, the Ministry of Energy said on Friday in a post on social media. The attacks caused several injuries and emergency teams are taking steps to secure the pipeline and assess its safety, the ministry said. Fighting has intensified across the Middle East in recent days. Yemen-based Houthis said they targeted...