Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar critical after skull fracture, emergency surgery

malayalam.oneindia.com (Malayalam) —

Flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar is in critical condition with a skull fracture after an attack by his Omani co-pilot, and has undergone emergency surgery. The assault occurred in the cockpit using a crash axe, leaving Machchhar injured but able to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers to intervene and prevent a disaster. The flight made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Machchhar was airlifted to a military hospital in Abu Dhabi, where doctors performed surgery after a bone fragment pushed toward his brain. He is reportedly responding well to treatment and has received family visits.


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