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Flydubai Flight Captain: I Couldn't Let Anyone Die.

Summary by Thanh Niên
In a video call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2nd, the Indian captain, who was stabbed by the co-pilot on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, recounted the dramatic attack and his desperate attempts to open the cockpit door to call for help.

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Heroic Indian pilot, Smit Machchhar, stabbed by his co-pilot on a Flydubai flight, says he opened the cabin door to save the passengers. "I couldn't let all these people die," he told the Indian Prime Minister.

In a video call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2nd, the Indian captain, who was stabbed by the co-pilot on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, recounted the dramatic attack and his desperate attempts to open the cockpit door to call for help.

·Viet Nam
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The Indian captain of a flydubai flight attacked with a knife by his co-pilot on 30 September told Friday that he had avoided the crash of the aircraft. Injured, the pilot unlocked the cockpit to save the 174...

Milan, 2 Oct. (askanews) - I was struggling for my life. At some point I realized that if I hadn't done anything, it would have been the end. I had suffered so many wounds that I had collapsed on the ground. If I hadn't gotten up... Airplane pilot for 17 years and I've been commander for 11. I can say what [...]

The Flydubai plane was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 174 passengers on board when the violent fight broke out in its cockpit the day before yesterday.

The pilot of the Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv spoke about the incident for the first time through his co-pilot two days after the attack.

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