Update
10:10 AM PT -- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with one of the plane passengers who helped take down the attempted hijacker.
He told the PM the stabbed pilot was able to open the door before collapsing to the ground ... giving passengers the chance to rush and subdue the attacker.
An Israel-bound commercial flight was sent into chaos Wednesday morning when two pilots got into a violent confrontation during what officials are calling a "terror attack attempt" ... and graphic video shows the captain drenched in blood after being stabbed.
The bloody footage shows the captain wearing an oxygen mask as he lies on his back in the galley ... his body is covered in blood-soaked bandages as he clings to life next to a blood-soaked wall, as bloodied passengers stand over him.
It looks like the pilot was stabbed several times ... and it appears his alleged attacker, his co-pilot, is unconscious by the time the video was shot ... his white uniform soaked in blood.
The madness unfolded at 1:20 AM ET when the Flydubai jet -- flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv -- had to be diverted to Saudi Arabia due to the "violent incident" occurring inside the cockpit, according to CNN, citing Israeli officials.
A Flydubai passenger told Fox News ... the copilot allegedly stabbed the captain, who then fell onto the controls, causing the plane's sharp drop.
CNN said the plane then took a precipitous drop of 17,400 feet in nearly 2 minutes.
The Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, received a distress call from the aircraft at 1:44 AM ET, requesting clearance for an emergency landing.
About an hour later, the plane touched down safely on a runway after the airport announced a state of emergency. Passengers say two off-duty pilots stepped up to land the plane.
CNN said the captain and copilot were rushed to a hospital, where they were being treated for injuries, while passengers received treatment in the airport terminal. The outlet reports, citing two Israeli officials, that one of the pilots was from Oman ... an independent Arab country that doesn't have diplomatic relations with Israel.
Authorities have not yet released an official account of what happened inside the cockpit.
One Israeli official claims "one pilot stabbed the other and tried to do a 9/11" ... according to Channel 12.
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