Flydubai Pilot Describes Forcing Open Cockpit Door During In-Flight Attack
Smit Machchhar says he acted despite injuries as the plane, carrying more than 170 passengers, plunged 17,000 feet.
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A Flydubai pilot has described forcing open the cockpit door during an in-flight attack, saying he was "not going to let others die."
Smit Machchhar said he acted despite sustaining injuries, as the aircraft, carrying more than 170 passengers, plunged roughly 17,000 feet during the incident.
Further details on the nature of the attack, the circumstances surrounding it and the aircraft's eventual landing were not immediately available.
Flydubai has not issued a public statement responding to Machchhar's account.
Sources
- ‘I was not going to let others die’: Flydubai pilot recounts cockpit attack — Anadolu Agency (Turkey)
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