‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attack

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Indian pilot Smit Machchhar described fighting off his co-pilot after being stabbed during a flydubai flight, as the aircraft entered a steep descent. He told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he believed he had to recover to protect passengers; Machchhar is recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital.

Smit Machchhar says in video call with Indian PM that he realised if he did not get up then ‘passengers would lose their lives’ The Indian pilot who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a flydubai flight has described how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent. Capt Smit Machchhar, who is recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, told the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, in a video call broadcast live on television news channels that he knew he had to get back on his feet to save the passengers onboard the aircraft. Continue reading...