Captain Smit Machchhar: The flydubai “Hero” Indian Pilot Who Saved 174 Lives
The man who bravely fought off his co-pilot, who allegedly tried to sabotage the plane’s systems, is Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian citizen working with the low-cost…
Netanyahu and Modi hail Indian flydubai pilot as hero
Oct 1 (Reuters) – The leaders of Israel and India hailed Indian pilot Smit Machchhar as a hero for saving pᴀssengers after he was stabbed by his…
12 minutes of madness: How Flydubai pilot, pᴀssengers saved plane midfall
As it plunged 17,000ft in under two minutes, a quick-thinking captain and pᴀssengers saved the plane from crashing. Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, who the leaders of Israel…
Israel’s PM says pilot tried to crash rerouted plane from Israel to Saudi Arabia
A statement from the company operating the Saudi airport where the flydubai plane made an emergency landing said the captain and copilot were hospitalized and that all…
Christa Pike unconscious and on ventilator nearly two days after botched execution, attorneys say
Christa Pike is critically ill, unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator almost two days after her botched execution, her lawyers said Friday. Hospital staff were working to…
Christa Pike spoke about botched executions weeks before surviving lethal injection: ‘My worst nightmare’
Christa Pike described how a botched lethal injection was her “worst nightmare” in a prison recording just weeks before her failed execution. Pike, 50, revealed fears she…
The bloody history of botched executions — including cop-killer whose head exploded — after Christa Pike survived
Christa Pike became the first death row inmate to survive a lethal injection, but she was merely the latest in a long, gruesome history of botched executions…
Tennessee halts executions after failed attempt to execute Christa Pike
Tennessee’s governor has halted executions in the state after another botched attempt. Convicted murderer Christa Pike, 50, survived two doses of a lethal drug during her planned…
Flydubai Attack Live Updates: ‘He Was Suicidal’ – Netanyahu Says Omani Co-Pilot Shouted ‘Kill Me, Kill Me’ After Cockpit Attack, Claims ‘Islamist Radical Indoctrination’
Flydubai Attack Live Updates: The investigation into the dramatic cockpit attack aboard Flydubai Flight FZ1073 has shifted towards the alleged radicalisation of the co-pilot, after Israeli Prime Minister…
Omani co-pilot ‘underwent Islamist radical indoctrination’ was on suicidal mission to ‘down the plane,’ Netanyahu says
The Omani co-pilot who tried to hijack an Israel-bound flight was a radical Islamist on a suicide mission to down the plane and kill all 174 people…