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As investigations are conducted, official versions of the incident have come under scrutiny.
Captain Smit Machchhar describes surviving a midair co-pilot stabbing and regaining consciousness to open the cockpit door before an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
Smit Machchhar, the hero FlyDubai captain who fought off a savage attack by his copilot, kept fighting because he could not "let everybody else die," he said in his first public remarks since Wednesday's suspected hijacking attempt.