Indian Captain Smit Machchhar Stabbed Mid-Flight, Fights Back to Save 174 on Flydubai Jet
What began as a routine commercial flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv turned into a life-threatening emergency over Saudi Arabia on September 30, when the captain of a Flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 was allegedly attacked by his own co-pilot in the cockpit. Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian national from Mumbai, was seriously injured during the confrontation, yet managed to take an action that became criti…
