An alternative Flydubai flight carrying around 180 passengers, mostly Israelis, landed at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. These passengers were aboard the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight on Wednesday morning, 8 Mehr, which, following an incident inside the cockpit, had made an emergency landing at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia.

Israel’s rescue and emergency services also said that medical teams at Ben Gurion Airport are on standby to provide medical services to passengers if needed.