Passengers described rushing the cockpit and a fight for control after the plane suddenly plummeted, losing around 17,000 feet of altitude in the span of a minute, according to the Flightradar24 website.
The visit came weeks after a bombshell Israeli media report that the Emirati president had warned Netanyahu ahead of the Hamas-led attack on Israel in 2023, which the Israeli premier did not pass on to the security services.
With Israel's election approaching, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is battling new revelations of alleged warnings about Hamas' 7 October attack and countered the political storm with a fiery UN speech directed at his voters and the world.
The documentary 'NAZA', which won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, examines Israel's targeting practices in Gaza and alleges that mass civilian deaths are routinely factored into decisions over military strikes.