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Israelis Hail Indian Pilot Smit Machchhar After Heroic Actions in Flydubai Attack
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News18•01-10-2026, 09:28
Israelis Hail Indian Pilot Smit Machchhar After Heroic Actions in Flydubai Attack
- •Indian pilot Smit Machchhar is being hailed by Israelis for his actions during a dramatic flydubai mid-air emergency.
- •Machchhar's quick thinking is credited with preventing a catastrophe involving over 170 passengers.
- •He was seriously injured after his co-pilot allegedly attacked and stabbed him inside the cockpit of a Boeing 737 MAX.
- •The incident occurred on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
- •Israeli social media is flooded with messages of gratitude and tribute videos urging others to remember his name.
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Israeli social media flooded with messages of gratitude for Indian pilot Smit Machchhar because his actions during a dramatic mid-air emergency helped prevent a catastrophe involving over 170 passengers on a Flydubai flight.
Smit Machchhar was seriously injured after his co-pilot allegedly attacked and stabbed him inside the cockpit of a Boeing 737 MAX flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
The incident occurred on a Flydubai flight traveling from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
