LIVE: FlyDubai flight arrives in Israel after pilot fight forces Saudi Arabia emergency landing

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A commercial passenger jet bound for Tel Aviv from Dubai plummeted more than 17,000 feet for more than a minute and then made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a fight broke out between the co-pilots as part of an attempted "sabotage," according to the airline, officials and reports in Israeli media.

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