Flydubai pilot on cockpit attack: ‘I was fighting for my life’

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Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar recounted fighting to control the cockpit after his co-pilot stabbed him in an apparent attempt to crash the aircraft. The incident put 182 people aboard at risk, and Machchhar shared his account in a video call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Indian pilot stabbed by his co-pilot in an apparent attempt to crash a Flydubai aircraft recounted how he fought to save the 182 people on board.  Airline Capt. Smit Machchhar told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call released by the prime minister’s office Friday that he was fighting for his life…