Pilot stabbed by colleague mid-flight was trained in NZ
A pilot trained in New Zealand is being praised after he was allegedly stabbed by his colleague mid-air. Captain Smit Machchhar who was attacked on the flydubai flight learned to fly at Mainland Air in Dunedin in 2008 and 2009. Witnesses onboard the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv say Captain Machchhar managed to unlock the door to the cockpit, allowing passengers to overpower the alleged hijacker. Phillip Kean, who is Chief Executive of Mainland Air and helped train Smit Machchhar spoke to Lisa Owen.
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