Pilot Details Attack to Modi

Wounded FlyDubai Pilot Describes Harrowing Attack in Call With Indian Prime Minister Modi

Smit Machchhar, the captain of FlyDubai's plane, was wounded in an attack and detailed his ordeal in a phone call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Machchhhar, an Indian national, spoke from his hospital bed in Abu Dhabi and said he had been flying for 17 years and a captain for 11 years. He also mentioned that he could tell even without his eyes closed what was happening with a plane.