# Flydubai pilot describes opening cockpit door during attack

https://mins.news/en/item/83370

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-02 11:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/2/flydubai-pilot-describes-opening-cockpit-door-during-attack?traffic_source=rss

> Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, who was stabbed by his co-pilot on a Flydubai flight to Israel, has described struggling to open the cockpit door while under attack. Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with him by video call and called him a hero.

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