‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attack
Captain Smit Machchhar is recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital and told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call that he knew he had to get back on his feet to save the passengers aboard the aircraft.
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