Saudi authorities have launched an investigation into the incident on board a Flydubai airline plane.

The passenger plane made an emergency landing in the Saudi Arabia while flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

The administration is also coordinating the dispatch of a replacement plane, the Cluster 2 operator of Saudi Arabia's airports said.

The matter of providing an alternative plane is being coordinated with the airline, and the Saudi authorities have launched an investigation, the company that manages the airport of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, said in a statement.

Earlier, i24News television, citing Israeli officials, reported that the authorities of the Jewish state are considering the incident on the aforesaid plane as a terrorist act. According to the channel, the co-pilot—an Omani citizen—stabbed the captain—a UAE national—and tried to take control of the plane. But he was subdued by the passengers and crew members, and the South African and New Zealand pilots on board helped the plane land in Tabuk.