World‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot recalls Flydubai cockpit attack

Indian Capt. Smit Machchhar, praised as a hero after helping stop an apparent attempt to crash a Flydubai flight, said he was “fighting for his life” after his co-pilot stabbed him and the aircraft entered a steep descent. Recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, he told Prime Minister Narendra Modi he knew he had to get back on his feet to save passengers.