Confirmed: Co-Pilot Machchhar Recalls Attack Details
From his hospital bed, Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar described being stabbed in the cockpit on September 30 and, while bleeding on the floor, forcing himself to unlock and open the cockpit door. Opening it let passengers into the cockpit, where they restrained the attacker and began treating Machchhar.
He also spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and described unlocking the door during the struggle. The jet had dropped thousands of feet before diverting to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. His account fixes the sequence inside the cockpit: attack, door opened from within, passenger intervention.
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