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

https://mins.news/en/video/83372

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-02 11:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCF3U9KRfj4

> 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.

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