Flydubai hero pilot tells Netanyahu new details about cockpit attack | CNN

Flydubai hero pilot tells Netanyahu new details about cockpit attack

By Jennifer Hauser, CNN

Published 3:47 PM EDT, Sat October 3, 2026

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Flydubai hero pilot tells Netanyahu new details about cockpit attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar Saturday, calling him a hero and learning new details about the terrifying moments in the cockpit attack.

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<p>The Flydubai captain recounts the dramatic moment in the cockpit when he was attacked. 'I was fighting for my life,' he tells Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video call from his hospital bed. ' I was doing this for my life, but at the same time I knew that I cannot let everybody else die.' </p>

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