Meet Smit Machchhar, Flydubai captain stabbed in cockpit who fought to save jet
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Ynetnews
“Meet Smit Machchhar, Flydubai captain stabbed in cockpit who fought to save jet”
Indian captain joined Flydubai in 2022 after 11 years at SpiceJet and logged more than 9,750 hours on Boeing 737s; an instructor captain with extensive command experience, he was wounded fighting the Omani co-pilot suspected of trying to crash the Israel-bound plane
Read at YnetnewsThe Jerusalem Post
“Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar unlocked cockpit, named assailant, while wounded - report”
Several passengers, including Israeli dentist Shota Musayev, administered first-aid care to Machchhar, keeping him alive until he was hospitalized in Saudi Arabia.
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