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Hero pilot describes FlyDubai stabbing and fight for survival

Name: Hero pilot describes FlyDubai stabbing and fight for survival
Uploaded: 2026-10-02T07:34:00-0400
Duration: 2 min 45 s
Description: Flight captain Smit Machchha spoke to India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call about the FlyDubai mid-flight stabbing, where he was injured by another pilot while the plane carried 173 other people in the skies. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab reports.

Flight captain Smit Machchha spoke to India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call about the FlyDubai mid-flight stabbing, where he was injured by another pilot while the plane carried 173 other people in the skies. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab reports.