India, Nov. 1 -- Weeks after Indian pilot Smit Machchhar fought off an attack by his Omani copilot on a Dubai-Tel Avivi flydubai flight, the identities of two off-duty pilots who took charge of the flight amid the chaos have been revealed.

According to a Times of Israel report, pilots Henson Steven of Fiji and Rowan Tooth of South Africa took control of the plane after Smit Machcchhar was attacked by his co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, who was trying to crash the plane.

The flydubai crew members were awarded the First Class Order of Zayed II by UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan earlier this week but their identities were not known until then.

More than 170 people were aboard the flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv w...