India, Sept. 30 -- A second team of pilots dressed in civilian clothes took control of a flydubai flight and landed it safely at Tabuk airport in Saudi Arabia after an altercation between the aircraft's two pilots, according to an Israeli media report.

The flight was travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday when the incident unfolded. Citing Channel 12, The Times of Israel reported that two passengers also intervened to prevent one of the pilots from taking control of the aircraft.

Initially thought to be a potential hijacking, it later turned out that the signal that sparked fear among the authorities was itself triggered by a brawl between the two pilots in the cockpit. It reportedly led to the aircraft descending from 34,000 fe...