India, Oct. 1 -- Israeli Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Thursday said fighter jets were scrambled after emergency signals were received from a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight that was allegedly targeted by its co-pilot, but they did not have to intervene as the aircraft landed safely.

Azar said the incident prompted an immediate alert among Israel's civil aviation authorities, air force and political leadership, news agency PTI reported.

According to him, Israel is very small nation and a jet can penetrate very fast, such that it crash on a building, on civilians or on an installation in the country within seconds.

"And therefore, both are civil aviation authorities, our air force and even our political echelons had been immediate...