Flight carrying 80 Israelis lands in Saudi Arabia attributable to medical emergency

The Israeli was transferred to an area hospital for medical therapy, in response to N12.

A FlyDubai flight carrying about 80 Israelis needed to make an emergency touchdown in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday attributable to one of many passengers affected by a stroke, in response to native media.

The flight was initially scheduled to land at Ben-Gurion Airport at 5:45 p.m. after departing from Dubai Worldwide Airport within the UAE at 4:17 p.m. As an alternative, it landed in Riyadh at 5:45 p.m.

The aircraft obtained distinctive permission to land in Riyadh to deal with the passenger. The Israeli was transferred to an area hospital for medical therapy, in response to N12. The passengers spent about an hour on Saudi soil after which took off once more for Israel, the report stated.

Comparable incidents

The same incident occurred simply over two years in the past when an Air Seychelles flight carrying 128 Israelis made an emergency touchdown in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, attributable to a technical problem.