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Indian pilot Smit Machchhar recounts the tense moments inside the cockpit, describing how a prayer break was followed by two impacts and a desperate attempt to regain control.
In a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the injured Indian pilot described the moment his co-pilot attacked him, the aircraft began plunging and he made one final attempt to open the cockpit door