Captain Smit Machchhar has described how he fought back after his co-pilot attacked him with a crash axe aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 30. Speaking to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he said he forced open the cockpit door despite his injuries, allowing others to restrain the co-pilot. The UAE calls it an attempted terrorist act; the Boeing 737-8, carrying 174 people, diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Pilot recounts fight to stop co-pilot in flydubai cockpit attack
Source: Zee News English