Omani co-pilot stood up to pray before attack: Smit Machchhar recounts cockpit ordeal

Captain Smit Machchhar said he initially mistook the cockpit attack for an impact on the plane before realising his co-pilot was hitting him. Speaking to Benjamin Netanyahu, he described his attempts to open the cockpit door for help. Netanyahu praised his courage and invited him to light a torch at Israel’s Independence Day ceremony.

New Delhi: Indian flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar described the cockpit attack during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He said he initially thought something had........

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