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‘Heavy bleeding from head, hands’: Dentist who treated Indian pilot recounts aftermath of flydubai ‘crash attempt’
By Arya Mishra||4 min read at Hindustan Times
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not written by Hindustan Times · not verifiedGenerated October 1, 2026
- An Israeli dentist recounted providing emergency medical aid to an Indian pilot who was stabbed by his co-pilot during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The incident caused the aircraft to lose significant altitude before passengers and other pilots intervened to restrain the attacker and land the plane safely in Saudi Arabia.
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Sign in to give feedbackAn Israeli dentist, who treated Smit Machchhar after his co-pilot him in an attempt to crash a flydubai plane, said the Indian pilot was in a “” after the incident.
Musaev Shota, who was one of the first three passengers to enter the cockpit of flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, said he had attended to Machchhar after helping overpower and restrain his co-pilot.
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