diverted
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Recently, the company said it had diverted a quarter of its engineers to shoring up security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
After the situation onboard was brought under control, the flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia, where Polovincik stressed the passengers, who were almost all Israeli, were treated well.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The airline said it was another "on-duty flydubai crew travelling on the flight who diverted and landed the aircraft safely" and that it was suspending flights to Israel while an investigation took place.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Landed by other pilots on board, the flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia, where the Israelis were treated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
For more than two years the canal inadvertently diverted virtually all of the river's prodigious flow into the Salton sink.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
