On September 30, 2026, a Flydubai airplane was at risk of a devastating crash when the heroics of a few helped save the lives of the 174 passengers onboard, as well as that of the pilot.
The Boeing 737 departed Dubai International Airport at 6:50 a.m. for Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and was cruising at roughly 34,000 feet when something went terribly wrong in the cockpit.
According to reports, the co-pilot used a knife to attack the pilot, an Indian national named Smit Machchhar from Mumbai, and tried to take control of the flight.
