Indian Pilot Hailed as Hero After Mid-Air Cockpit Stabbing
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Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar was stabbed by his Omani co-pilot during a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv but managed to unlock the cockpit door. Passengers and off-duty crew subdued the attacker, and the plane was diverted to land safely in Saudi Arabia, saving all 174 people aboard.
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