Captain Smit Machchhar: The ‘hero’ India pilot who was stabbed on Israel-bound flight
Capt Machchhar grew up in India’s Mumbai city, where his parents still live. He joined SpiceJet, an Indian airline, in 2011 before moving to Dubai eventually. He was an experienced pilot by 2022 when he joined Flydubai. He has more than 9,750 hours of flying experience, including more than 6,400 hours as pilot-in-command, according to…