Arabic version: قائد طائرة فلاي دبي يروي هجوماً داخل قمرة القيادة

According to Al Jazeera, Captain Smit Machchhar described struggling to open the cockpit door while he was being attacked on a Flydubai flight to Israel.

The Indian pilot was stabbed by his co-pilot during the incident, Al Jazeera reported.

Machchhar later held a video call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi called the captain a hero.