'Blows kept coming, I felt the aircraft going down': Flydubai captain on the cockpit battle to save his plane

The National · 9h ago

Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar has spoken of the moment his co-pilot repeatedly struck him with an axe before sending their Boeing 737 plunging towards the Arabian Desert, with the intention of killing 172 people on board. In a world exclusive interview with The National from his hospital bed in Abu Dhabi, Capt Machchhar said the first officer sitting next to him for two hours had shown no sign…

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'Blows kept coming, I felt the aircraft going down': Flydubai captain on the cockpit battle to save his plane

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