New Delhi, Oct 2, 2026 (AFP) - Indian flydubai pilot tells Modi 'could not let all those people die'

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2026-10-02

Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, wounded during an alleged attack by his co-pilot aboard a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight, acted to protect the plane's passengers, he told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. "I was trying to save my own life, but I knew I could not let all those people die," Machchhar said during a call from his hospital bed, in a video posted by Modi on social media. uzm/pjm/ceg ...

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