Indian pilot Smit Machchhar in stable condition after FlyDubai cockpit stabbing

https://www.newindianexpress.com/india/2026/Oct/01/indian-pilot-smit-machchhar-in-stable-condition-after-flydubai-cockpit-stabbing

Fortunately, the attacker wasn't able to crash the plane into a city, or a mountain. 

 https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/smit-machchhar-flydubai-pilot-who-is-he/article71531666.ece

https://www.ndtv.com/video/focused-then-hero-now-smit-machchhar-s-flight-school-ceo-speaks-out-1167371 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/01/hero-pilot-stabbed-flydubai-plane-flight-israel 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-01/stabbed-pilot-smit-machcha-explainer/107215986

https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/gujarat/2026/Oct/01/smit-machchhars-kin-relieved-after-health-update-following-flydubai-stabbing-captain-wins-global-praise 

https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/flight-tracking-news/major-incident/flydubai-flight-to-tel-aviv-diverts-to-tabuk-amid-onboard-incident/

https://www.jpost.com/international/article-910230 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_by_aircraft

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/26/germanwings-flight-4u9525-deliberately-flown-into-mountain-says-prosecutor 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanwings_Flight_9525#Cause_of_crash 

https://abcnews.com/International/germanwings-crash-pilot-normal-guy-fellow-pilot/story?id=29974407 

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-24/germanwings-pilot-intentionally-crashes-plane-killing-150-people