India, Oct. 8 -- The story of Flight FZ1073 provides us with a lesson that goes far beyond the aviation industry. Regardless of whether there is an emergency in an aircraft or a natural disaster zone, the basic philosophy will remain the same: A safe system is not one in which nothing ever goes wrong; it is one in which a failure does not automatically become a disaster

The Flydubai FZ1073 episode is easy to remember as one man's act of nerve. Reportedly, Indian Captain Smit Machchhar was attacked in the cockpit by his co-pilot on a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight carrying more than 170 people. The aircraft is said to have dropped sharply before control was regained. Injured, the captain still managed to open the cockpit door so that others could ...