‘I couldn’t let everybody else die,’ says hero Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar
- Posted on October 2, 2026
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‘I couldn’t let everybody else die,’ says hero Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar
Smit Machchhar, the hero Flydubai captain who fought off a savage attack by his copilot, kept fighting because he could not “let everybody else die,” he said in his first public remarks since Wednesday’s suspected hijacking attempt.
