Around 100 travellers on flight FZ1073 have signed powers of attorney following a mid-air struggle in which passengers subdued an attacker in the cockpit.
Speaking from a hospital bed in the UAE, the stabbed flydubai captain said he kept reciting the Hanuman Chalisa as he reached the cockpit door. Modi told him India was waiting to welcome him home.
The co-pilot of a Dubai–Tel Aviv flight stabbed his captain and the jet fell thousands of feet before passengers broke in and two pilots travelling as passengers landed it in Saudi Arabia. This is what is known so far.
Born in Mumbai to a family from Gujarat, he has flown for 17 years. Stabbed by his co-pilot over the Middle East, he says his faith and his training got him to the cockpit door.
Five passengers who helped save a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight will receive bravery medals after an Indian pilot fought through stab wounds to unlock the cockpit.
