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Smit Machchhar

Indian airline captain

Smit Machchhar is an Indian commercial pilot who, while working as the captain of Flydubai Flight 1073, was attacked by first officer Hamam al-Hammami in the cockpit who attempted an aircraft hijacking. Machchhar received life-threatening injuries in the attack, but managed to open the cockpit door from the inside, allowing crew and passengers to intervene and subdue the attacker.

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In the news

3 stories
  1. Oct 5
    FlyDubai Co-Pilot Allegedly Plotted Crash
    Center & RightInvestigators are examining claims that an Omani FlyDubai co-pilot attacked Captain Smit Machchhar with a cockpit crash axe on flight FZ1073 and tried to take control.
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  2. Oct 2
    Smit Machchhar Foils Cockpit Attack
    BalancedCaptain Smit Machchhar told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he made “one last push” during a Flydubai cockpit attack because he could not let the passengers die.
    36articles
  3. Oct 1
    Flydubai Stabbing Probe Opens
    BalancedIndian captain Smit Machchhar was badly wounded but unlocked the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to break in, subdue the attacker and help stabilize the aircraft for an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
    59articles

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    Flydubai Cockpit Attack Probe
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