Indian Pilot Stabbed Mid-Flight Recounts Heroic Rescue

Indian Pilot Stabbed Mid-Flight Recounts Heroic Rescue

Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot flying for Flydubai, recounted being stabbed by his Omani co-pilot on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight but still managing to open the cockpit door so passengers could subdue the attacker. World leaders including Modi, Netanyahu, and Trump have hailed the recovering pilot as a hero for saving 174 lives.

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