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Good morning, everybody.
I'm Audie Cornish.
We're actually following this breaking news out of the Middle East.
A passenger jet headed for Israel forced to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
Now, flight tracking data showing
that a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv had to turn around after sending an emergency signal.
Sources tell CNN a, quote, violent incident between two pilots is to blame.
Joining me now with the latest CNN correspondent, Lainey Yakos.
She is in Dubai.
What is the latest that we are hearing about what might have happened here?
Yeah, I mean, really quite a remarkable story.
I mean, what we understand, and you've said it,
the sources tell us that this is a violent incident that ensued between the pilots.
And over the time, around 1.30 a.m.
Eastern, Audi, this is when the plane lost altitude.
And I want you to get sort of a sense of this 34,000 feet dropping to 16 and a half.
In the span of two minutes, we're talking about a descent of over 17,000 feet.