耶路撒冷，梅拉妮·利德曼报道——周四，调查人员正争分夺秒地试图查明更多细节，但那名在飞往以色列的航班上用刀刺伤机长的阿曼籍副驾驶的姓名和作案动机仍不明朗。此次袭击导致飞机危险地急速下坠，最终迫降在沙特阿拉伯。
MELANIE LIDMAN JERUSALEM — The identity and motive of the Omani copilot who stabbed his captain on a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously and forcing it to land in Saudi Arabia, remained unknown on Thursday as investigators raced to learn more.
乘坐这架载有174人、从阿联酋飞往以色列特拉维夫的迪拜航空航班的以色列乘客描述称，浑身是血的印度籍机长设法打开了驾驶舱门，让他们进入，随后他们与副驾驶搏斗，并稳定了飞机极其陡峭的下降姿态，导致飞机的方向舵被撕裂。
Israeli passengers on the FlyDubai flight carrying 174 people from the United Arab Emirates to the Israeli city of Tel Aviv have described how the bloodied Indian captain managed to open the cockpit door to let them in before they grappled with the copilot and stabilized a descent so sharp that the plane’s rudder was torn away.
其中一名参与应对的人员阿萨夫·拉朱安在以色列总统府发布的一份新声明中表示：“我们感到无助，悬在半空中，我不知道该向谁求助。但一切都是求生的本能。”
“We felt helpless, suspended in midair, and I didn’t know who to turn to. But it was all instinct to survive,” one of the responders, Asaf Rajuan, said in a new statement shared by Israel’s presidency.
沙特阿拉伯和阿联酋当局除确认调查正在进行外，公开透露的信息很少。以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡表示，该副驾驶已被逮捕。
Saudi and UAE authorities have said little publicly beyond confirming that investigations were underway. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the copilot was arrested.
据印度驻沙特阿拉伯大使馆隔夜消息，被广泛誉为此次航班另一位英雄的斯米特·马查尔机长目前情况稳定。被捕副驾驶的状况尚不清楚。
Capt. Smit Machchhar, widely praised as another hero of the flight, was reportedly in stable condition, the Indian Embassy in Saudi Arabia said overnight. The condition of the arrested copilot was not clear.
内塔尼亚胡在周三晚间播出的美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）采访中表示，袭击者是一名阿曼公民，目前正在沙特阿拉伯接受讯问。
In a CNN interview aired on Wednesday evening, Netanyahu said the attacker was an Omani national and was being interrogated in Saudi Arabia.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在白宫告诉记者，他与内塔尼亚胡通过电话“详细”讨论了这一事件，并表示该副驾驶“可能是一名恐怖分子，也可能只是一个疯子”。内塔尼亚胡表示，他与阿联酋总统穆罕默德·本·扎耶德·阿勒纳哈扬进行了通话，后者同意以色列将参与对该嫌疑人的讯问。
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that he and Netanyahu discussed the incident “at length” over the phone and that it seemed as though the copilot “was perhaps a terrorist or perhaps a whack job.”Netanyahu said he spoke with the UAE’s president, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who agreed that Israel would join the interrogation of the suspect.
以色列外交部表示，机上人员来自以色列、印度和阿联酋。美国国务院称，有四名乘客拥有美国国籍。迪拜航空表示，在调查进行期间，将暂停往返以色列的航班。
Israel’s foreign ministry said the people on board were from Israel, India and the UAE. The U.S. State Department said four passengers had American citizenship. FlyDubai has said its flights to and from Israel would be suspended while an investigation takes place.
近几天，内塔尼亚胡曾警告称存在未具体说明的安全威胁升级。距离哈马斯领导的2023年10月7日袭击以色列事件一周年还有一周时间，那次袭击引发了加沙战争。
Netanyahu had warned in recent days of unspecified, heightened security threats. The country is a week away from the anniversary of the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel , which has triggered the war in Gaza .
根据Flightradar24的数据，该航班被识别为波音737 Max 8。在离开迪拜约两个半小时后，混乱局面发生：航班在约一分钟内从33000英尺（约10000米）急降至17000英尺（约5100米），随后在约旦边境附近盘旋偏离航线，约一小时后降落在沙特城市塔布克。
In the chaos taht unfolded about two and a half hours after leaving Dubai, the flight descended from 33,000 feet to 17,000 feet (around 10,000 meters to 5,100 meters) in about a minute, before making an erratic circle close to the Jordanian border and landing in the Saudi city of Tabuk about an hour later, according to Flightradar24, which identified the aircraft as a Boeing 737 Max 8.
一名听到该航班与空管通话的人士描述称，飞机在最终降落塔布克前曾被沙特阿拉伯和约旦拒绝进入领空，背景中传来乘客的尖叫声。飞行员声音颤抖，呼叫“Mayday”（国际求救信号），并称正在发生劫机事件。
A person who heard the flight’s communications with air traffic control described the plane being turned away by Saudi Arabia and Jordan before eventually landing in Tabuk, while passengers screamed in the background. The pilot’s voice was trembling as he called “mayday” and said a hijacking was taking place.
空管人员未说明拒绝的原因。这名听到通话内容的人士因未获授权向媒体发言，要求匿名。美联社记者约瑟夫·费德曼在耶路撒冷对此文有贡献。
The air control operators gave no reason for the refusals. The person who heard the communications spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media. Associated Press writer Josef Federman in Jerusalem contributed.