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Smit Machchhar's Wife Overwhelmed by Indian Support After Flydubai Incident
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Moneycontrol•02-10-2026, 14:45
Smit Machchhar's Wife Overwhelmed by Indian Support After Flydubai Incident
- •Sonal Machchhar, wife of Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar, expressed overwhelming gratitude for prayers and messages from across India following a cockpit attack.
- •Sonal closely followed news coverage and received numerous messages from people praying for Smit's recovery, leaving her speechless with gratitude.
- •She is grateful that Smit survived the attack and all passengers aboard the Flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv were safe.
- •Smit was injured during an attack in the cockpit, leading to an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia; passengers helped restrain the attacker.
- •Sonal also highlighted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's video call with Smit, expressing the family's immense pride and gratitude for his personal outreach.
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Sonal Machchhar expressed that she was overwhelmed and speechless by the widespread prayers and messages from across India for her husband Smit Machchhar's recovery.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a video call to Smit Machchhar on Friday to enquire about his health, praise his courage, and state that the entire country was praying for his speedy recovery.
Smit Machchhar was injured during a cockpit attack involving an alleged attempt by his co-pilot to crash the Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, after which the aircraft was diverted for an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
