Indian Captain Smit Machchhar has been widely praised for unlocking the cockpit door of flydubai flight FZ1073 after being seriously injured in an alleged cockpit confrontation on September 30. The Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, carrying 174 passengers, descended nearly 14,000 feet in under 30 seconds before being diverted safely to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Leaders including Narendra Modi, Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu called him a hero.
Captain Smit Machchhar Hailed as Hero After flydubai Cockpit Incident
Source: WION