India, Oct. 3 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke over the phone with Captain Smit Machchhar, who averted an alleged terror incident on board an Israel-bound flydubai flight. Machchhar is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital in the UAE. During the conversation, the PM observed how the incident could have affected the perception of Indian pilots had events unfolded differently. Modi spoke to the pilot, who.

"I was fighting for my life, but I was determined not to let others die. It was such a crucial moment. There was a moment when I realised that if I don't do something - because I was lying on the ground (in cockpit), I could feel that the aircraft was going down," flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar told PM Modi on Frid...