伦敦,9月30日——两名安全消息人士周三表示,沙特阿拉伯拒绝了以色列的一项请求,该请求旨在允许沙特飞机从一架在沙特境内紧急降落的迪拜航空(flydubai)航班上接回以色列乘客。
LONDON, Sept 30 - Saudi Arabia turned down a request by Israel to allow its planes to bring back Israeli passengers from a flydubai flight that made an emergency landing in the kingdom, two security sources said on Wednesday.
消息人士称,该请求旨在允许以色列军用飞机从沙特阿拉伯接回以色列人,沙特与以色列之间没有外交关系。沙特政府媒体办公室未立即回应置评请求。
The request was made to allow Israeli military planes to bring back Israelis from Saudi Arabia, which has no diplomatic relations with Israel, the sources said. Saudi Arabia's government media office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
其中一名消息人士称,以色列空军正准备派遣“超级大力神”飞机接回以色列乘客。该航空公司表示,乘客将乘坐迪拜航空的飞机继续他们的旅程。
The Israeli air force was preparing to send Super Hercules planes to pick up Israeli passengers, one of the sources said. The passengers were set to continue their journey on flydubai aircraft, the airline said.
以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡周三表示,一架从迪拜飞往特拉维夫的迪拜航空航班的副驾驶在刺伤机长后试图让飞机坠毁,但乘客随后将其制服,其他飞行员将飞机安全降落在沙特阿拉伯。
The co-pilot of a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot, but passengers then held him down while other pilots landed the plane safely in Saudi Arabia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.