{"id":"161cf9b4-69d5-40d0-ac5d-7c185d14d543","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/australian-couple-on-flydubai-plane-to-israel-ntwnfb","domain":"theguardian.com","outlet":{"name":"The Guardian","country":"GB","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true,"owner":"Guardian Media Group"},"title":"Australian couple among passengers on diverted flydubai flight to Israel, embassy says","plainHeadline":"Australian couple on flydubai flight diverted to Israel","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Two Australian citizens were aboard a flight from the UAE to Israel diverted to Saudi Arabia.","The diversion followed an alleged stabbing of the co-pilot by another pilot, an Omani citizen.","The plane dropped about 17,000 feet in two minutes during the alleged attack.","Passenger Yaniv Hayoun described wrestling the attacker from the cockpit and securing the instruments.","Israeli officials and the ambassador noted heightened security and linked the incident to regional tensions."],"topics":["Politics","Cybersecurity"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-01T05:14:08.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-01T05:26:42.962Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/7e6224ee-892b-44f2-ac44-098f5f5a5433","storyId":"7e6224ee-892b-44f2-ac44-098f5f5a5433","image":"https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/80c0c83c70acd38b03989ce8767831913796c8f7/500_0_2501_2001/master/2501.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7e36661d36bc9ef2efd7e41e2b2a93f7","author":"Tess Ikonomou","dek":"Israeli embassy says the Sydney couple were on board flight that was dramatically diverted after one pilot allegedly stabbed the other"}