Passengers have told Israeli media a pilot on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was stabbed, before the plane was diverted to land in Saudi Arabia.
The aircraft plunged 17,000ft in two minutes, flight-tracking data from Flightradar24 examined by BBC Verify shows.
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