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Captain Smit Machchhar: Friend on Indian pilot hailed as a hero
By Soutik Biswas3 min read at BBC News
In brief
Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot working for Flydubai, is being hailed as a hero after surviving an in-flight attack by another pilot on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.
His friend and fellow pilot, Captain Dharav Gosalia, describes Machchhar as a disciplined and experienced professional whose training and courage helped avert a disaster.
Machchhar is currently in stable condition in a hospital in Saudi Arabia.
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When Captain Dharav Gosalia first heard what had happened to his old friend Smit Machchhar, he had one immediate reaction.
The two men have known each other since they were about 20, when they were neighbours in Ghatkopar, a Mumbai suburb, and began their flying training in New Zealand.
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