The Gujarat government on Thursday announced that Indian pilot Smit Machchhar will be honoured with the ‘Visisht Gujarat Garima Award’ for his bravery after he was stabbed by his co-pilot while flying a Flydubai flight to Tel Aviv.
Machchhar, who is undergoing treatment in Saudi Arabia, has received widespread praise for his actions during the mid-air emergency. The state government said his intervention helped save the lives of passengers on board.
