Pilots of Flydubai airliner that made emergency landing are citizens of Oman and the UAE

Pilots from the UAE and Oman were flying the Boeing 737 MAX of the Emirati airline Flydubai, which made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on its way from Dubai to Tel Aviv. This information was provided by Israel’s Channel 14 television, TASS reports. The information that the plane was flown by a Russian and a Ukrainian has not been confirmed.

According to the TV channel’s version of events, it cannot be ruled out that an Omani was responsible for the incident and may have deliberately tried to cause a plane crash. He was stopped by the second pilot, who, according to the information, is a UAE national.