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Flydubai incident: Netanyahu says Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar 'true hero'
Source: Hindustan Times — Mumbai · 12 days ago
Summary
Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, a former SpiceJet captain with more than 13 years of commercial flying experience, intervened when an Omani co‑pilot attempted to crash Flydubai flight FZ1073 en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv. His actions, along with help from passengers, stopped the attacker, preventing the aircraft from crashing after it made an emergency descent and landed in Tabuk. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Machchhar as a hero for saving the 174 people on board.
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A native of Mumbai, he was with SpiceJet for over 11 years before taking up the role of captain at Flydubai in June 2022. Machchar is a "good person", a senior pilot who had worked with him at SpiceJet told PTI. According to his Linkedin profile, Machchhar was a former Line Training Captain at SpiceJet.
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