
Flydubai Plane Hijack Attempt Foiled: Indian Pilot Saves 174 Lives After Co-Pilot Attack
Indian pilot Smit Machchhar helped save 174 lives after his Omani co-pilot allegedly attacked him and tried to crash a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv.
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Indian pilot Smit Machchhar helped save 174 lives after his Omani co-pilot allegedly attacked him and tried to crash a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that the Omani co-pilot accused of attacking Indian Captain Smit Machchhar on Flydubai Flight FZ1073 had undergone Islamist radical indoctrination. Investigators are still determining the motive and whether the incident involved prior planning.

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