Captain Machchhar, a dentist, plumber & the crew who helped save flydubai flight

When Captain Smit Machchhar was stabbed inside the cockpit of a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, he was left bleeding on the floor as the plane plunged thousands of feet.But even while seriously injured, the Mumbai-born pilot managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to rush in, overpower the attacker and regain control of the aircraft.What followed was a desperate chain of interventions by people on board, including passengers, a dentist and off-duty pilots, that helped save over 170 people aboard Flight 1073.Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Machchhar a “hero”, while Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised his actions in helping passengers and crew overpower the attacker.Captain Smit MachchharMachchhar, an Indian citizen from Mumbai, was stabbed by his fellow pilot, an Omani national, during the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.The attack sent the Boeing 737 MAX into a steep descent, with the aircraft dropping nearly…