FlyDubai pilot hailed hero after onboard attack: 'I couldn't let everybody else die'
A Flydubai pilot described fighting off his copilot during a suspected hijacking attempt, stating he could not let the passengers die.
Smit Machchhar, the hero FlyDubai captain who fought off a savage attack by his copilot, kept fighting because he could not "let everybody else die," he said in his first public remarks since Wednesday's suspected hijacking attempt.
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