Inside The Cockpit: How Captain Smit Machchhar Opened The Door After Being Stabbed On Flydubai Flight
Machchhar was taken to hospital and was reported stable by the Indian Embassy in Riyadh on Thursday.
What began as a routine flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday turned into a mid-air emergency when violence erupted inside the cockpit of Flydubai flight FZ1073, with 174 passengers on board.
At the centre of the ordeal was Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot who, according to accounts from Israeli officials and passengers, was stabbed by his co-pilot and seriously injured. Yet, even after being attacked,
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Posted on 1st October 2026