A claim by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has brought a reported incident aboard a Flydubai flight into the news. CBC and Reuters report that Netanyahu said passengers subdued a pilot who tried to crash the plane. Recent headlines describe the flight as bound for Tel Aviv and say all passengers were safe.

The story is trending now because several major outlets have reported Netanyahu’s statement. The headlines vary in their wording: some characterize the incident as an attempted hijacking, while others say the pilot tried to bring down the plane. The research context provided for this explainer does not include the full reports or independent confirmation of what happened.

Flydubai is the airline named in the reports. The flight is described as carrying mostly Israeli passengers, but the available context does not give the flight number, date, route details or how many people were on board. A Washington Post headline also refers to a stabbing in the cockpit, but the supplied context does not establish further details about that claim.

What is known from the available material is that Netanyahu made the claim and that CBC and Reuters reported it. The context does not include a response from Flydubai, statements from passengers or crew, or findings from an investigation. It also does not confirm what actions the pilot allegedly took or how passengers intervened.

For now, the central account remains Israel’s claim as reported by the news outlets. The reports say passengers stopped the pilot and that everyone was safe, but more information from the airline or investigators would be needed to establish the full sequence of events.