A commercial flydubai aircraft traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv transmitted squawk code 7700, the international aviation emergency signal, before turning around over Saudi Arabia, according to flight-tracking data cited by journalist Emanuel Fabian.

Shin subsequently reported the following updates:

  • Of the 160 passengers aboard, approximately 100 were Israeli.
  • Israeli Air Force jets were scrambled.
  • FDB1549 was reported over Israel at an altitude of 10,000 ft.
  • The incident was also identified with the hashtag #FD1073.
  • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Katz and Minister Regev were reportedly meeting about the incident.
  • A landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, was later reported as confirmed.

No further details about the nature of the emergency were immediately available.