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The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a Flydubai flight described on Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent. Captain Smit Machchhar, recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a televised video call that he knew he had to get back on his feet to save his passengers. โI had so many wounds. I had fallen down,โ he said from the hospital, his head...
Flydubai plane FZ1073, piloted by Smit Machhar and his co-pilot, lost nearly 14,000 feet in less than 30 seconds.
An Indian pilotโs extraordinary bravery during an apparent mid-air hijack attempt has ignited a wave of national pride, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailing the pilot as a hero for saving 174 lives on a flydubai plane โ adding a dramatic chapter to a career that began almost by chance. Captain Smit Machchhar was critically injured after taking the brunt of a knife attack on Wednesday, but managed to open the cockpit door so crew and passengers could overpower the attacker. โCaptain Smit...
A shop worker has been hailed a โheroโ after CCTV video showed him diving into traffic to save a child