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Smit Machchhar is an Indian commercial pilot who, while serving as the captain aboard Flydubai Flight 1073 on 30 September 2026 on a Boeing 737 MAX, was stabbed by his co-pilot 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 co-pilot. The airplane then safely made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, with no fatalities.
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Netanyahu praises Indian captain Smit Machchhar as a global hero and invites him to Israel for Independence Day ceremonies.
TEL AVIV: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday invited to Israel as a guest of honour the Indian captain of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight who saved the plane by opening the cockpit...
Captain Smit Machchhar told Netanyahu how he forced open the cockpit door despite repeated blows from his co-pilot, allowing others to intervene