Dentist recounts 40-minute fight to save flydubai captain after cockpit attack

A passenger who is a dentist provided emergency medical care to the captain of flydubai Flight FZ1073 after a cockpit attack, helping stabilize him before the aircraft made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Shota Musaev, a Georgian dentist based in Israel, spent about 40 minutes treating Captain Smit Machchhar for severe bleeding from head and hand wounds. He applied pressure with clothing and ice, and passengers helped restrain the suspected attacker. The captain survived and was transferred to the UAE for recovery. The incident, which caused a rapid loss of altitude, is under investigation as a terror probe.