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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. “I had so many wounds. I had fallen down,” he said from the hospital, his head...
Smit Machchhar, the Indian captain who was attacked by his co-pilot onboard the Flydubai flight 1073 in an apparent attempt to crash the plane, on Friday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that although he was severely injured in the altercation, “I could not let all those people die”. Although collapsed, he made a last-ditch effort and managed to push the door to the cockpit open.
Captain Smit Machchhar from India is recovering from stab wounds he suffered in a Flydubai flight altercation.
Investigators worked Thursday to determine why an Omani pilot stabbed the captain of a flight to Israel, causing the plane to plummet dangerously before others on board landed it in Saudi Arabia. Passengers on the FlyDubai plane – which was carrying 174 people, mostly Israelis, from the United Arab Emirates to Tel Aviv – have described how the bloodied Indian captain managed to open the cockpit door to let them in before they grappled with the co-pilot and stabilised a descent so sharp that the...
Captain Smit Machchhar saved the lives of 174 people when the co-pilot attempted to crash a Dubai flight
An Indian pilot’s 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 – 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. “Captain Smit...
Passengers and crew overpowered the attacker and safely landed the plane in Saudi Arabia.
A pilot of a jet carrying more than 170 passengers to Tel Aviv stabbed his colleague and tried to crash the plane in what Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu branded a serious security incident. Bloomberg's Benedikt Kammel has more. (Source: Bloomberg)
Benjamin Netanyahu has met Yaniv Hayun, the Flydubai passenger that helped restrain a pilot who stabbed a colleague.
At this early stage, the underlying reasons and motives behind this event are unknown and remain subject to a formal investigation, reads a press statement by flydubai
The pilot was subsequently repatriated to India as a passenger; appropriate disciplinary action will be taken based on the findings, the officials said
The pilot checked into a hotel in Vasant Kunj on September 10 and was found dead the next evening
Twenty-four passengers were injured when the Delhi–Phuket flight briefly lost altitude after all hydraulic systems failed and the autopilot disengaged; the aircraft cabin also sustained damage including cracked ceilings and an uprooted commode