A Flight to Tel Aviv Went Into a Spin. A Passenger and Crew Stopped the Pilot.

NPR reports that a flight bound for Tel Aviv ended with a pilot subdued and the aircraft diverted to land in Saudi Arabia, according to Israel's leader. As the plane went into a spin and began to plunge, a passenger and crew members got into the cockpit and overpowered the pilot. The account of the diversion comes from Israel's leader; NPR describes the episode as a pilot attacking a fellow pilot and trying to bring the flight down.