Australian couple among passengers on diverted flydubai flight to Israel, embassy says

Israeli embassy says the Sydney couple were on board flight that was dramatically diverted after one pilot allegedly stabbed the other

Two Australian citizens were onboard a flight to Tel Aviv that was diverted after one of the pilots allegedly stabbed the other in an attack, according to the Israeli embassy.

The passengers are a Jewish couple from Sydney, the embassy in Australia confirmed to the Guardian on Thursday. No further details were provided.