# ‘I couldn’t let everybody else die’: Flydubai pilot speaks out

https://mins.news/en/video/83443

- CNN, 2026-10-02 12:16 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBWt2ApX67U

> Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar has spoken publicly for the first time about Wednesday’s suspected hijacking attempt. He said he kept fighting off his co-pilot because he could not “let everybody else die.” Passengers rushed the cockpit and stand-in pilots regained control of the flight to Tel Aviv, averting a mid-air catastrophe.

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