Australian couple on plane diverted after flydubai co-pilot’s alleged attack on pilot

Two Australians were on board the flydubai flight bound for Israel that was diverted to Saudi Arabia after one pilot allegedly stabbed another. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Two Australian citizens onboard a flight to Tel Aviv that was diverted after one of the pilots allegedly stabbed the other in an attack are “safe,” the foreign minister confirmed.

The passengers are a Jewish couple from Sydney, the Israeli embassy in Australia confirmed to the Guardian on Thursday.