NEW DELHI, Oct. 2 -- "I was fighting for my life, but I was determined not to let others die," flydubai captain Smit Machchhar told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday while recounting the terrifying moments after being attacked by his co-pilot mid-air but still managing to save the aircraft. Modi spoke over the phone to the pilot, who is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in the UAE. Machchhar, who was stabbed and seriously injured by his co-pilot in the cockpit of flydubai flight FZ1073 while travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, gave a detailed account of the incident to the prime minister during the video call.
He, however, did not disclose what triggered the attack on him or the motive of the co-pilot.
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