Flydubai said on Wednesday that flight FZ 1073 from Dubai International Airport to Ben Gurion International Airport experienced an incident while en route and landed safely at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia.
“All passengers are safe and accounted for,” the airline said, adding that the safety and wellbeing of passengers and crew remained its “highest priority”.
Flydubai said its teams were working closely with relevant authorities and that further updates would be issued as more confirmed details became available.
Flydubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai diverted over Jordanian airspace towards Saudi Arabia, transmitting a general emergency signal before transmitting another emergency signal, according to flight tracking website Flightradar24.
The Boeing 737 plane then again transmitted the general emergency signal before landing at Tabuk airport in northwestern Saudi Arabia, flight tracking data showed.
There was no immediate response from the General Authority of Civil Aviation in Saudi Arabia.
The incident was not believed to have been a hijacking, the Israeli prime minister's office said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held consultations "following concerns over an aviation incident," his office said in a statement.
"The incident is under control, and all measures are now being implemented to safely return the Israeli passengers to Israel," the office said without giving further details.
The Israeli army said it was conducting a "situational assessment".
Flydubai operates daily flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv, a route that is popular among Israeli nationals. Saudi Arabia and Israel do not have official diplomatic relations.
