Flydubai Captain Recounts Daring Fight to Save Plane After Copilot Attack
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Original‘I couldn’t let all of them die’: Flydubai captain recounts opening cockpit door with ‘last push’ after copilot stabbed himThe story in 5 lines · by baba
- Captain Smit Machchhar fought off his stabbing copilot to open the cockpit door.
- Israeli passengers intervened, overpowering the attacker and stabilizing the aircraft.
- The flydubai flight made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
- Leaders from India and Israel praised the captain's actions.
- The copilot is suspected of attempting to crash the plane.
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