Tel Aviv, Sept. 30 -- The pilot who was stabbed and severely wounded aboard flydubai flight FZ1073, which made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, was an Indian national, Israel's i24 News reported.

The flight was diverted amid an altercation between the two pilots. The Indian national, reportedly, got into the altercation to prevent an alleged attempt to crash the plane.

According to an i24 News correspondent, Ariel Oseran, Indian Captain Smit Machchhar is based in Dubai.

A "severe disaster" was averted, an Israeli official said, as a flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing at Tabuk airport in Saudi Arabia, amid the altercation in the cockpit, Israel's Channel 12 reported.

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