# Flydubai captain says he kept fighting copilot attack because he couldn’t ‘let everybody else die’

https://mins.news/en/item/83065

- CNN, 2026-10-02 07:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/02/middleeast/i-couldnt-let-everybody-else-die-says-hero-flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhar?Date=20261002&Profile=CNN

> Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar has spoken publicly for the first time since Wednesday’s suspected hijacking attempt. He said he continued fighting off a savage attack by his copilot because he could not “let everybody else die.”

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