Smit Machchhar
Indian commercial airline captain
Photo: PMO India, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Oct 8
Failed Flydubai hijacking triggers alert over Egyptian pilot's threat video in Italy
Italian authorities are checking a video by an Egyptian pilot that pairs an El Al jet with a Sadat speech on violence. The post follows the failed attempt by a Flydubai co-pilot to crash a Tel Aviv-bound flight on 30 September.
- Sep 30
FlyDubai copilot attacks captain with emergency axe before passengers abort crash attempt on Israel flight
Emirati authorities detained 29-year-old Omani copilot Hamam al-Hammami after he wounded captain Smit Machchhar with a cockpit axe on flight FL1073 to Tel Aviv, forcing an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.