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‘Heavy bleeding from head, hands’: Dentist who treated Indian pilot recounts aftermath of flydubai ‘crash attempt’

Hindustan Times · Arya Mishra · 4 min read at Hindustan Times

An Israeli dentist, who treated Smit Machchhar after his co-pilot stabbed him in an attempt to crash a flydubai plane, said the Indian pilot was in a “very bad shape” 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.

Excerpt. Full story at Hindustan Times: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/flydubai-indian-pilot-smit-machchhar-israeli-dentist-who-treated-him-heavy-bleeding-from-head-hands-dubai-tel-aviv-101790845607250.html

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