DUBAI: The Indian ambassador to United Arab Emirates met with the wounded captain from the flydubai flight on Thursday (Oct 1), with the embassy saying he was in “good well being and recovering properly”.
Ambassador Deepak Mittal met with “Captain Smit Machchhar and his household on the hospital. Captain Machchhar is in good well being and recovering properly,” the Indian embassy within the UAE wrote on X.
The pilot, an Indian nationwide, was hospitalised in Saudi Arabia after being attacked mid-air by his co-pilot and the aircraft making an emergency touchdown within the Saudi metropolis of Tabuk on Wednesday, however Indian media stories prompt he was airlifted to the UAE on Thursday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talking on the “Fox & Associates” TV present stated Machchhar “was stabbed within the head and his arm was principally cut up in two and there was a variety of blood”.
Earlier, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated his actions helped save lots of of lives and avert “an awesome tragedy”.
“Captain Smit Machchhar is a HERO,” Modi stated in a put up on social media.
