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Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar was wounded in stabbing by flydubai co-pilot who attempted to crash plane

Jerusalem/New Delhi, Sep 30 (UNI) One of the heroes of the day in the drama aboard the flydubai flight is Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, the captain of the aircraft that the Omani co-pilot attempted to crash. Captain Machchhar was wounded by the stabbing during the physical struggle with the attacker, who was serving as the co-pilot.
The co-pilot stabbed him, but Captain Machchhar did not give up - and together with the Israeli passengers who broke into the cockpit, he managed to prevent a deadly attempt to crash the plane.
Captain Machchhar was identified as the pilot of the aircraft that was diverted for an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
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