Indian Pilot Stabbed by Co-Pilot on Flydubai Flight, Averts Disaster

New Delhi. On Wednesday, on Flydubai flight FZ 1073, flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv, the Omani co-pilot stabbed Indian pilot Smit Machhar with the intention of crashing the plane.

Machhar, who was seriously injured by the stabbing, opened the locked cockpit door in time, allowing other passengers and crew members to enter and subdue the attacker co-pilot.