# Flydubai pilot recounts cockpit stabbing in call with Indian PM Modi

https://mins.news/en/item/84202

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-02 22:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/flydubai-pilot-recounts-cockpit-stabbing-in-call-with-indian-pm-modi?traffic_source=rss

> Indian pilot Smit Machchhar said his co-pilot stabbed him during a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv in an alleged attempt to crash the plane. Wounded and collapsing, Machchhar opened the cockpit door so passengers could overpower the co-pilot; a second crew then landed the aircraft in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The UAE has announced an investigation.

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