India, Oct. 28 -- Visuals from a ceremony hosted by the United Arab Emirates to honour Indian Captain Smit Machchhar and his fellow flydubai crew members show the stitches on the pilot's head following an attempted mid-air attack on a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight.

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan conferred the First Class Order of Zayed II on Machchhar and his fellow crew members in recognition of their efforts to protect passengers during the September 30 incident.

The awards were presented by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, at a presidential reception, news agency PTI reported.

The incident took place aboard flydubai flight FZ1073, which ...