Hero flydubai captain was always ‘two steps’ ahead when on duty

The National ·
United Arab Emirates

The experience and instinct of flydubai's Capt Smit Machchhar to prepare for any eventuality helped to prevent an “unimaginable” suspected terrorist attack, a friend has said. The flydubai captain saved the lives of 174 passengers when he opened the cockpit door of Flight FZ1073 despite life-threatening injuries from an emergency crash axe attack by a co-pilot. The mid-air attack began a few…

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