The Mumbai-born pilot was injured when his co-pilot allegedly stabbed him during a Dubai–Tel Aviv flight, which made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia PRAVASISAMWAD.COM An Indian captain flying for Dubai-based airline flydubai helped avert a potential aviation disaster after he was allegedly stabbed by his co-pilot during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, according to reports published on Wednesday. Captain Smit Machchhar, an experienced Boeing 737 pilot, was at the controls of flight FZ1073 when the incident occurred on September 30. The aircraft, carrying 174 passengers, experienced a sudden and steep loss of altitude during the confrontation inside