# ‘Saved 174 lives’: Who is the Indian pilot stabbed in the Flydubai hijacking attempt?

https://mins.news/en/item/83062

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-02 07:41 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c61585j4vlkgo/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> A suspected hijacking unfolded on a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel on 30 September after one pilot stabbed Captain Smit Machchhar. Passengers and crew restrained the attacker, and the plane diverted safely to Saudi Arabia. Machchhar was treated in Tabuk, while Benjamin Netanyahu praised him for preventing a catastrophic crash.

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