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Indian airline captain
Smit Machchhar is an Indian commercial pilot who, while working as the captain of Flydubai Flight 1073, was attacked by first officer Hamam al-Hammami in the cockpit. Machchhar received life-threatening injuries in the attack, but managed to open the cockpit door from the inside, allowing crew and passengers to intervene and subdue the attacker. The airplane then safely made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, with no fatalities.
More on Wikipedia ↗Israel will honour Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar with the Presidential Award for Civil Heroism for his role in preventing a major aviation disaster aboard a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, President Isaac Herzog announced on Thursday.
MEA says Indian captain Smit Machchhar’s condition improving after surgery; recovering in Abu Dhabi following hijacking attempt on Flydubai flight.
Captain Smit Machchhar is recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital after surgery following the attack aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073. His account of unlocking the cockpit door despite severe injuries has become central to investigations and public praise.