'I was fighting for my life': Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls FlyDubai cockpit attack

The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight described Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent.

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Capt. Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight, described how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent. He spoke with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call broadcast live on television news channels.

The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight described Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent.

Captain Smit Machchhar, recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call broadcast live on television news channels that he knew he had to get back on his feet to save the passengers aboard the aircraft.

"I had so many wounds. I had fallen down," he said from the hospital, his head bandaged and tubes in his nose, before breaking down as he recalled the attack.

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