Hyderabad, Oct. 1 -- Telangana BJP president N Ramchander Rao on Thursday praised Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar for his role in averting a major mid-air tragedy, saying the Indian pilot's "bold act" saved passengers and made the country proud.

Speaking about the Flydubai incident, Rao said, "... bold act of an Indian pilot saved passengers and made India very proud. The FlyDubai flight bound for Tel Aviv was saved by a co-pilot who aborted the attempt to crash it and stop the terrorist plans from succeeding. Now the world must fight together against terrorism. Terrorism has to be condemned in any form. India has always fought against terrorism, and all countries and nations have been with India. This incident shows that any act of terr...