The investigation will look into "any terrorist activity or prior planning." ...

Swift actions of Smit Machchhar allowed passengers and off-duty pilots to subdue attacker and land plane safely.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi appreciated the former SpiceJet pilot Smit Machchhar who was the captain of the Flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar over a video call on Friday, praising his courage, presence of mind and composure during the mid-air crisis. The virtual ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised Capt. Smit Machchhar, the FlyDubai captain credited with intervening to help save ...

Disaster averted: A pilot on a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight has been arrested after he stabbed the other pilot in the cockpit during an apparent attempt to crash the plane, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

The FlyDubai captain attacked by his co-pilot tells his harrowing survival story to India's leader in an emotional video call from his hospital bed.

(TNND) — The Indian captain hailed as a hero for helping thwart an attack aboard an Israel-bound FlyDubai flight spoke publicly for the first time Friday, describing how he fought for his life after ...

Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry says a preliminary investigation into the emergency landing of a Flydubai flight this week found that “the pilot was assaulted by his co-pilot, resulting in various ...

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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 ...