First Visuals of Injured Indian Pilot Smit Machchhar Emerge

Brief By News18 / 7:17 PM on 01 Oct 2026

First visuals of Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar have emerged after he was seriously injured during a cockpit confrontation aboard a Flydubai flight. Images show heavy bandaging across his chest and abdomen. Machchhar reportedly helped open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to intervene. The aircraft later landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after the emergency following the incidenin