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An Indian pilot has been hailed as a hero after acting to save passengers when he was repeatedly stabbed by his co-pilot on a flydubai flight on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n Smit Machchhar was stabbed repeatedly by his co-pilot, who was allegedly attempting to crash the aircraft.<\/p>\n Despite his injuries, Machchhar was able to fight off the attacker and open the cockpit door, allowing cabin crew and passengers to enter and subdue him.<\/p>\n Two off-duty flydubai pilots were then able to land the aircraft safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n India\u2019s prime minister praised Machchhar as a hero on X.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the face of the gravest danger and despite being seriously injured, he showed immense courage and an unwavering resolve to protect the lives of others. His valour helped save hundreds of lives and avert a great tragedy,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n Indian authorities confirmed Machchhar is currently receiving medical treatment in hospital in the northwestern Saudi city of Tabuk. His family has been informed and he is said to be in a stable condition.<\/p>\n Flight FZ1073, operating from Dubai International Airport (DXB), had been on its way to Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV) in Israel.<\/p>\n Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also hailed the pilot for his \u201cextraordinary bravery\u201d as well as the passengers who stepped in to restrain the attacking pilot.<\/p>\n flydubai has since said flights to and from Israel will be suspended while the investigation continues.<\/p>\n \u201cThe safety and wellbeing of our passengers, crew and operations remain our highest priority. This temporary suspension will allow the relevant authorities to continue their work and establish all the facts surrounding the incident,\u201d the airline said.<\/p>\n In an earlier statement, flydubai urged all parties to refrain from \u201cpremature speculation\u201d about the cause of the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n kabarsula SLOT <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An Indian pilot has been hailed as a hero after acting to save passengers when…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kabarsula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kabarsula.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}