# Flydubai pilot who averted disaster hailed as hero

https://mins.news/en/video/81554

- Reuters, 2026-10-01 08:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwD9fa4umV8

> Indian pilot Smit Machchhar is being praised as a hero after his co-pilot allegedly stabbed him in mid-air while attempting to crash a Flydubai flight carrying 174 people. Despite his injuries, Machchhar opened the cockpit door, allowing passengers to overpower the co-pilot.

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