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Modi Speaks with Injured Pilot Smit Machhar: Saved 100+ Lives Despite Mid-Air Stabbing!
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News18•02-10-2026, 12:24
Modi Speaks with Injured Pilot Smit Machhar: Saved 100+ Lives Despite Mid-Air Stabbing!
- •Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with Indian pilot Captain Smit Machhar, seriously injured in a mid-air attack by his co-pilot on a Flydubai flight.
- •Modi praised Captain Machhar's courage and presence of mind, wishing him a speedy recovery.
- •Machhar told the Prime Minister he recites Hanuman Chalisa when in pain, doing so even after being stabbed.
- •Captain Machhar was piloting Flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 174 people on board when the co-pilot attacked him.
- •Despite severe injuries, Machhar managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to subdue the attacker and land safely at Tabuk Airport.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the phone with Captain Smit Machhar to praise his courage, commend his presence of mind, and wish him a speedy recovery after the incident.
Captain Machhar was operating Flydubai flight FZ1073 traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv with 174 people on board when the co-pilot suddenly attacked him.
Despite being seriously injured, Captain Machhar managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers, crew members, and two retired pilots traveling on board to enter and help subdue the attacker.
