‘Immense courage and an unwavering resolve’: Captain in bloody cockpit struggle hailed as hero
Indian pilot Smit Machchhar was covered with blood on the floor when he managed to click the release to open the cockpit door, according to a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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