India, Oct. 1 -- Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian stabbed by his co-pilot on a flydubai plane, once spoke about the importance of trained crew and how they can save lives in a mid-air emergency. His prophetic words resurfaced after Machchhar averted a major aviation disaster by foiling his co-pilot's plan to crash the plane.

On Wednesday, September 30, an Omani pilot on flydubai flight FZ1073 attempted to crash the plane after stabbing Smit Machchhar, who was the first officer of the flight.

Machchhar, 39, was covered with blood on the floor when he managed to click the release to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to overpower the co-pilot, Reuters reported.

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