EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Injured Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar thwarted a cockpit hijacking attempt by his co-pilot, saving 182 passengers from disaster.
The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flightdescribed Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent.
Capt. Smit Machchhar, recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a televised video call ↗that he knew he had to get back on his feet to save his passengers.