Flydubai captain recalls struggle to open cockpit door during attempted terror attack

Times of Israel17 October 2026, 20:34 UTCIndia

Indian pilot Smit Machchhar says he kept thinking to himself, 'you can't die like this,' as he struggled to alert others that he was being attacked with an axe by his Omani copilot

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