Tel Aviv, Sept. 30 -- Passengers aboard a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv recounted scenes of panic, including screams, blood in the cockpit and a sudden dive, after the aircraft made an emergency landing at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, with Israeli passengers reportedly helping crew restrain an attacker, The Times of Israel reported.

A passenger told Israeli media that passengers heard screams before the cockpit was opened and blood was seen inside.

"We heard screams on the plane. Then they opened the cockpit, and we saw blood, and someone had stabbed the pilot with a pocketknife," the unnamed woman told the network via text message, according to The Times of Israel.

She said Israeli passengers helped restrain th...