An Indian pilot flying for flydubai is being called a hero after he stopped his own co-pilot from crashing a passenger plane mid-air. Captain Smit Machchhar was flying Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv when his Omani co-pilot allegedly turned on him inside the cockpit, stabbing him repeatedly and trying to force the aircraft into a dive. Machchhar held on, and the plane landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, with all 174 passengers unharmed.
The incident has put the spotlight on a pilot with over a decade of experience in the skies, someone who trained other pilots before he ever found himself fighting for control of his own cockpit.
