So what do we know about this flight? Well, at 03.05 GMT, 170 mostly Israeli passengers and crew departed Dubai.
Then, at 05.21, over Saudi airspace, it made a sudden and sharp turn, plunging towards the ground twice.
In the most dramatic incident, it fell 16,000 feet in just over 30 seconds.
It then put out a distress signal indicating an emergency and unlawful interference had taken place.
At one point, the transponder was turned off for nearly half an hour, according to an Israeli official.
So what happened in the cockpit? Well, there was an attack.
It turns out the co-pilot, an Omani national, who we'll talk about later, had attacked the pilot and attempted to take control of the aircraft.
He had used the axe in the cockpit, which I showed you earlier, which is normally used during emergencies.
During one of the plunges, the captain... who was wounded at the time and lying on the floor, managed to open the door and allowed passengers to come in.
Israeli officials, who cited witnesses on the flight, said that the co-pilot was bashing the control panel without elaborating.
One of the passengers managed to steady the plane and the cockpit was subdued, in which, you know, there was a pretty big altercation.
And a second pair of off-duty pilots who were on board then took over the aircraft and managed to land it at Tabuk.
Both the co-pilot and the captain had suffered injuries, with Saudi officials and videos inside confirming that a pretty big scrap had taken place.
So what do we know about this flight? Well, at 03.05 GMT, 170 mostly Israeli passengers and crew departed Dubai.
Then, at 05.21, over Saudi airspace, it made a sudden and sharp turn, plunging towards the ground twice.
In the most dramatic incident, it fell 16,000 feet in just over 30 seconds.
It then put out a distress signal indicating an emergency and unlawful interference had taken place.
At one point, the transponder was turned off for nearly half an hour, according to an Israeli official.
So what happened in the cockpit? Well, there was an attack.
It turns out the co-pilot, an Omani national, who we'll talk about later, had attacked the pilot and attempted to take control of the aircraft.
He had used the axe in the cockpit, which I showed you earlier, which is normally used during emergencies.
During one of the plunges, the captain... who was wounded at the time and lying on the floor, managed to open the door and allowed passengers to come in.
Israeli officials, who cited witnesses on the flight, said that the co-pilot was bashing the control panel without elaborating.
One of the passengers managed to steady the plane and the cockpit was subdued, in which, you know, there was a pretty big altercation.
And a second pair of off-duty pilots who were on board then took over the aircraft and managed to land it at Tabuk.
Both the co-pilot and the captain had suffered injuries, with Saudi officials and videos inside confirming that a pretty big scrap had taken place.
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