Flydubai Captain Recounts Blocking Axe Blows During Co-Pilot Attack
Captain Smit Machchhar describes defending himself against an Omani co-pilot who attempted to crash flight FZ1073 into Tel Aviv.
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The story so far
3 publishers have covered this in 6 articles since 17 Oct 2026. Times of India published first, on 17 October at 13:26 UTC; The Guardian followed 28h 01m later. The most recent article, from Times of India, appeared on 20 October at 06:21 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: The Guardian (major outlet), Times of India, Latest articles.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Times of India'Can't die like this': Indian pilot Smit Machchhar recalls flydubai flight ordeal
- Times of India'He kept hitting': Indian pilot Machchhar reveals what happened on the flydubai flight
- Times of India'Do something. You can’t die like this': Capt Smit Machchar recounts flydubai attack
- The GuardianFlydubai captain describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked him
- Latest articlesCaptain of Flydubai plane describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked
- Times of India'Values that inspired Capt Smit': RSS chief hails flydubai pilot
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- Flydubai captain describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked him The Guardian ·
- 'Values that inspired Capt Smit': RSS chief hails flydubai pilot Times of India
- Captain of Flydubai plane describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked Latest articles
- 'Do something. You can’t die like this': Capt Smit Machchar recounts flydubai attack Times of India
- 'He kept hitting': Indian pilot Machchhar reveals what happened on the flydubai flight Times of India
- 'Can't die like this': Indian pilot Smit Machchhar recalls flydubai flight ordeal Times of India
In this story
- Smit Machchhar
- flydubai
- UAE