Indian pilot Smit Machchhar hailed as hero after Flydubai cockpit attack
An Indian airline captain is being hailed as a hero after preventing a potential disaster on a Flydubai flight. Capt. Smit Machchhar was at the controls Wednesday when a co-pilot stabbed him in an apparent attempt to crash the plane. Passengers rushed into th…
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An Indian airline captain is being hailed as a hero after preventing a potential disaster on a Flydubai flight. Capt. Smit Machchhar was at the controls Wednesday when a co-pilot stabbed him in an apparent attempt to crash the plane. Passengers rushed into th…
NEW DELHI (AP) An Indian airline captain was at the controls of a Flydubai flight Wednesday when a copilot stabbed him in an apparent attempt to crash the plane, with his actions to thwart the disast…
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