Captain Smit Machchhar was seriously injured after the co-pilot, an Omani national, stabbed him during a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday morning.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar over a video call and praised him for averting a catastrophe after the co-pilot stabbed him and tried to crash the aircraft.
Recalling the incident before PM Modi, Machchhar turned emotional and said, “I had so many injuries, but I told myself I had to get up and act. At the time, I told pushed myself to
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Posted on 2nd October 2026