The Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian citizen, was stabbed with a knife in the cockpit on flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv today. According to Israeli media and passenger reports, the assailant was the co-pilot, who several sources identify as an Omani. Machchhar is being treated for knife wounds. Several reports on the same day describe his condition as serious. Despite serious injuries, Machchhar helped prevent the plane from crashing. Passengers and two off-duty pilots broke into the cockpit, overpowered the attacker, and landed the plane in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. All 180 or so people on board survived. (translated)

