Indian Pilot Commended After Stopping Co-Pilot From Downing Dubai-Tel Aviv Flight

PM Modi praises Indian pilot who foiled co-pilot's bid to crash flydubai flight. A day after Indian pilot Smit Machchhar fought off a co-pilot who attacked him and allegedly attempted to crash a flydubai aircraft headed to Tel Aviv from Dubai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the pilot Thursday and said he had prevented a "9/11", a reference to the 2001 terror attack in the US when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked and crashed passenger aircraft. The government said Machchhar was gravely injured in the incident but was safe, and had been airlifted to the United Arab Emirates after receiving initial emergency treatment in Saudi Arabia's Tabuk where the plane landed Wednesda