A FlyDubai 737 Max bound for Tel Aviv dove more than 17,000 feet in under a minute after one pilot allegedly stabbed the other, and it is a near-miracle that everyone on board survived.

• Flight FZ1073 left Dubai with over 100 passengers, squawked a general emergency, then the hijack code, and diverted to Saudi Arabia.
• One pilot allegedly attacked the other with a blade; passengers near the front helped force the attacker out of the cockpit.
• The plunge from 34,000 feet pushed the plane far past its safe speed limits — the rudder tore off, and the fact that nothing else broke is remarkable.
• Two off-duty pilots traveling in civilian clothes, plus a dentist on board, helped land the plane after both pilots were wounded; no deaths reported.
• Israel scrambled fighter jets to escort the plane and its security services are treating the incident as terror.

Outlook: Details are still shifting and unconfirmed, but if the terror assessment holds, expect tighter screening of flight crews on Israel-bound routes and fresh strain on Gulf–Israel air links.