A pilot was stabbed by another pilot aboard a plane bound for Israel, according to Israel’s prime minister. Passengers and crew members intervened and overpowered the attacker during the flight.
The aircraft was then landed safely in Saudi Arabia. The supplied information does not identify the pilots, state when the incident took place or provide details about the condition of the injured pilot.
It is also not clear from the available account what led to the attack or what happened to the alleged attacker after the plane landed. No further information has been provided about the flight, its passengers or the response by authorities in Saudi Arabia or Israel.
The latest known situation is that the aircraft reached the ground safely after passengers and crew acted to restrain the attacker.
