Tabuk Airport: All Flydubai Passengers Departed for Their Final Destination on an Alternative Flight

Al-Taj News – Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk Airport said that all passengers on the Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv departed for their final destination on an alternative flight.

Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport in the city of Tabuk announced that all passengers aboard Flydubai flight FZ1073, which made an emergency landing at the airport today, Wednesday, departed for their final destination.

In a follow-up statement, the airport explained that the passengers departed aboard the alternative aircraft, which left the airport at exactly 5:40 p.m.

The airport reiterated its commitment to the regulations and instructions issued by the General Authority of Civil Aviation, in accordance with the relevant international treaties and agreements concerning the safety of air navigation, passengers, and cabin crews.

A Flydubai aircraft traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv had diverted to Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Airport in Tabuk after sending emergency signals following an incident that occurred inside the cockpit, before landing safely. Yedioth Ahronoth reported that Israeli authorities sought Saudi approval for a chartered Israeli aircraft to land in Tabuk to transport passengers who had refused to continue the journey aboard the Flydubai aircraft, but Saudi Arabia refused to allow any Israeli aircraft to land on its territory and transport the Israelis.