‘I Was Fighting for My life.’ Flydubai Pilot Recounts Moments when He Was Attacked
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Pilot who was stabbed told how to give "last push" to help save the lives of the passengers. Indian Prime Minister spoke of "pride" of the country.
FlyDubai Pilot Speaks Out About Moment He Made Heroic Decision That Saved Passengers * The Gateway Pundit * by Margaret Flavin
Captain Smit Machchhar, the FlyDubai pilot who, despite fighting for his life after being stabbed by his copilot, an Omani national, managed to unlock the cockpit door to allow passengers in to subdue the hijacker, is recovering in the hospital.
FlyDubai pilot breaks his silence from hospital: ‘I couldn’t let everyone else die’
BS BULLETIN: FlyDubai Capt. Smit Machchhar says he was badly wounded when his copilot allegedly attacked him aboard a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. As the aircraft plunged roughly 14,000 feet, Machchhar says he summoned enough strength to open the cockpit door. Passengers subdued the copilot and another pilot helped regain control before the plane landed safely in Saudi Arabia. The captain credited with helping save a FlyDubai jet from disaster…
The pilot of the Flydubai plane was stabbed by the co-pilot, but still managed to open the cockpit door so that others could get in, which saved the plane from crashing. “I was lying injured on the floor, but I told myself to give the door one last push,” says Smit Machchhar.
Flydubai's commander recounted how, after being stabbed by his co-pilot, he managed to open the cabin while the plane was losing altitude.
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