‘Crew tried to put mysterious pill in Smit’s mouth’: Passenger on flydubai attack

A passengers aboard the flydubai flight on which Indian captain Smit Machchhar was attacked by his co-pilot have alleged that members of the cabin crew attempted to loosen the accused attacker’s restraints and tried to put a mysterious pill into the injured pilot’s mouth.Speaking to The Jerusalem Post on Sunday, passenger Rajuan said he suspected some crew members may have assisted the attacker, identified as Omani national Hammam al-Hammami. He described confrontations with attendants, their attempts to prevent passengers from filming and exchanges between the crew members and the accused that left him fearing the danger had not passed even after the co-pilot was restrained.According to Rajuan’s account to the Israeli newspaper, crew members repeatedly confronted passengers who tried to record the incident. One attendant allegedly asked him whether he was a police officer.