‘Hero’ pilot, plumber and dentist among those who saved flydubai flight to Israel

Swift actions of Smit Machchhar allowed passengers and off-duty pilots to subdue attacker and land plane safelySmit Machchhar was lying on the floor of the flydubai flight deck, covered in blood, when he managed to click the release to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to gain entry, overpower his attacker and save 174 passengers onboard. Moments earlier, Machchhar’s fellow pilot had stabbed him, in an apparent effort to crash the plane, which was travelling from Dubai to Tel A