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Flydubai pilot tells Modi of cockpit stabbing
Original: Flydubai pilot recounts cockpit stabbing in call with Indian PM Modi https://www. aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/f lydubai
A Flydubai pilot, Smit Machchhar, has recounted a stabbing aboard his aircraft in a phone call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, describing the midair emergency that followed an attack by a co-pilot in the cockpit. The account offers new details of how the crew handled the disaster, drawing wide attention in India and beyond as details of the incident circulate.
Why now: The pilot's firsthand account of a rare midair cockpit attack, relayed directly to Prime Minister Modi, is newly public.
Smit MachchharNarendra ModiFlydubai
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- Flydubai pilot recounts cockpit stabbing in call with Indian PM Modi https://www. aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/f lydubai-pilot-recounts-cockpit-stabbing-in-call-with-indian-pm-modi?traffic_source=rss Smit Machchhar recalls midair disaster after co-pilot's attack on Flydubai… · MillMessenger@journa.host · 2
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