"Mayday" Executive Producer Reacts to Passenger Who Said Show Helped Him Stabilize FlyDubai Plane
Yaniv Hayun said the Canadian series helped him respond after the cockpit stabbing, as passengers and off-duty pilots helped land the plane safely.
- Captain Smit Machchhar, a Mumbai-born pilot, saved 174 lives on September 30 by subduing his co-pilot after an alleged mid-air attack on a Flydubai flight en route from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
- Within two minutes, the aircraft plummeted 16,000 feet after the co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain with a knife. Despite severe injuries, Machchhar resisted the assailant, allowing crew and passengers to secure the flight deck.
- Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Milind Deora urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to award Machchhar the Ashoka Chakra, citing his 'courage, selflessness and duty' in an extreme situation that prevented a catastrophic loss of life.
- Praising Machchhar’s composure, Modi spoke to the pilot via video call. Indian Ambassador Dipak Mittal confirmed the pilot remains stable in a UAE hospital, describing the captain as a 'brave son of India'.
- Authorities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia continue their investigation into the motive behind the alleged cockpit attack. Israel is currently implementing stricter security checks for all incoming flights to prevent further 'unlawful interference'.
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A pilot from Flydubay Smith Machchhar told Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a telephone conversation about the attack on his partner during the flight, after which the plane began to fall. "This was a normal flight. The second pilot wanted to pray what many locals were doing, they pray, there is nothing unusual about it. But as long as he prayed, I looked forward, not backwards, and suddenly, four or five minutes later, I received a …
“You are a true hero of the brave people of India and Israel, and you are a hero for the whole world,” Netanyahu said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited the Indian pilot of a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, who saved the plane by opening the cockpit door after being attacked by his co-pilot, to Israel as a guest of honor. “You are a true hero of the brave people of India and Israel, and you are a hero for the whole world,” Netan…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited the Indian captain of a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv to visit Israel as his guest of honour after reportedly saving the aircraft following an attack in the cockpit. Netanyahu extended the invitation to Captain Smit Machchhar during a telephone conversation, describing him as a hero of […] Netanyahu invites Indian pilot who saved flydubai flight to Israel
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