New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- FlyDubai captain who was stabbed by his copilot in an alleged attempt to crash the plane has been hailed as a hero. Captain Smit Machchhar, who is from Mumbai, was seriously injured during the attack on Wednesday as he successfully saved over 174 passengers onboard.

For his extraordinary courage, Captain Smit Machchhar would be honoured by Gujarat government. On Thursday, CM Bhupendra Patel announced that Machchhar would awarded with the Visisht Gujarat Garima Award for his act of bravery.

"The courage of Captain Smit Machhar, the pilot of the flight headed to Israel, is being saluted by the entire world today. Despite being drenched in blood due to the attack, he displayed indomitable bravery to save the lives of 1...