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Israeli PM Netanyahu welcomes flydubai passengers at Ben-Gurion airport after they arrive by rescue flight

Jerusalem, Sep 30 (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Miri Regev were at Ben-Gurion Airport to welcome the rescue flight carrying passengers from flydubai flight FZ1073 involved in an earlier hijacking attempt.
The passengers landed at Ben-Gurion Airport on Wednesday after taking off from Saudi Arabia's Tabuk Airport, with the Saudi airport saying that all passengers from the original flight involved in an earlier hijacking attempt had boarded the rescue flight.
Prime Minister Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Miri Regev welcomed the passengers at Ben-Gurion Airport, while Magen David Adom teams stood by alongside airport medical teams to provide any necessary medical care.
An MDA spokesperson said later on Wednesday that a 51-year-old male passenger with a mild upper body wound was transported to a hospital.
Netanyahu embraced one of the passengers involved in the altercation onboard flight FZ1073, with footage of the meeting showing the passenger still wearing his bloodstained T-shirt.
Some Israeli passengers initially refused to board the rescue flight arranged for them by flydubai after the attempted hijacking of flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv earlier on Wednesday.
A source told The Jerusalem Post that the passengers in question said they would not board a flight that is not operated by an Israeli aircraft amid reports that the pilot suspected of attempting to hijack flight FZ1073 was of Omani origin.
The Mossad and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) approved the flydubai rescue flight's crew later on Wednesday.
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