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FlyDubai pilot describes fighting off co-pilot who stabbed him mid-flight
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Summary
Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot stabbed by his co-pilot during an attempted hijacking on a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call that he fought to save the 182 people aboard, saying, "I was fighting for my life." UAE officials and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the attack terrorism. A passenger, Dr. Shota Musaev, helped treat Machchhar's wounds after the co-pilot was restrained.
Left-leaning
- FlyDubai flight passenger details treating wounded pilot after tying up suspectABC News · Oct 2, 6:14 AM
Center
- 'I was not going to let others die' - pilot of Flydubai flight describes cockpit attack by co-pilotBBC News · Oct 2, 5:08 AM
- Flydubai pilot on cockpit attack: ‘I was fighting for my life’The Hill · Oct 2, 8:54 AM
- U.A.E., Netanyahu Say FlyDubai Attack Was TerrorismWall Street Journal · Oct 2, 11:23 AM
- Hero FlyDubai pilot prays during cockpit attack, sends message to his childrenNewsNation · Oct 2, 1:18 PM
- Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar fought off co-pilot who stabbed him during attempted hijacking to save passengers: ‘I was fighting for my life’Associated Press via New York Post · Oct 2, 5:15 AM