 "Smit Machchhar stable after Flydubai co-pilot cockpit attack")
Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, who the leaders of Israel and India hailed as a hero for saving passengers after he was stabbed by his colleague in an alleged attempt to crash a flydubai plane on Wednesday. (Photo: Reuters)
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case to probe last month’s mid-air cockpit attack on Captain Smit Machchhar aboard a flydubai flight, officials said on Saturday.
The case has been registered under the relevant provisions of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, they said.
Indian national pilot Machchhar was stabbed and seriously injured by his co-pilot in the cockpit of flydubai flight FZ1073, while travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 30 “in an apparent attempt to hijack or cause it to crash,” the officials said, citing an FIR registered by the NIA on October 9.
First Published: Oct 10 2026 | 4:23 PM IST
