India, Oct. 3 -- Actor Salman Khan on Saturday lauded flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his heroics during the flight FZ1073 incident, saying that it would be a pleasure to fly with him.

In a post on the social media platform X, Khan said that everybody salutes Captain Machchhar.

"Kamaal kar diya pilot ji, hum sab aap ko salute karte hain will be a pleasure to fly with u.. Well done bro.. Capt #SmitMachchhar," Salmnan Khan wrote.

This comes after an Omani co-pilot was accused of attacking Captain Smit Machchhar in the cockpit during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, leaving him seriously injured.

The aircraft then went into a steep descent. Machchhar later told Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call conversat...