India, Oct. 13 -- Two Maldivian pilots working for flydubai have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates in connection with an alleged attempt to hijack and crash a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, media reports said. The case relates to a September 30 incident in which Indian Captain Smit Machchhar was injured while resisting an alleged attack by an Omani co-pilot.

The two pilots were taken into custody on October 3, and their families have been formally notified of their detention by the Maldivian Embassy in the UAE, Maldivian news portal Adhadhu reported.

Authorities in the Maldives have not commented on the arrests. The UAE has also not released official details about the allegations against the two men or clarified whether investigators ha...