Passengers foil bid to crash Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, Israel says, after co-pilot stabs pilot

Passengers and crew overpowered the co-pilot after he allegedly stabbed the pilot and sent the flydubai jet into a steep descent, allowing a second set of pilots aboard to land safely in Saudi Arabia.

Passengers on a flydubai flight reached Israel safely onWednesday after customers and crew foiled a co-pilot’s attempt to crash theaircraft, Israeli officials said, in a struggle that began when he stabbed thepilot and sent the jet plunging ​nearly 14,000 feet in less than 30 seconds.