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From textile engineering to cockpit hero: Indian pilot wins praise after flydubai drama
NEW DELHI: For Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, hailed as a hero for averting a crash of a flydubai jet bound for Israel, aviation was never part of his childhood dreams. Machchhar had his sights set on the family’s textile business, until the aviation bug bit at the age of 19, which scared his mother. Now even after thousands of hours of flying, Machchhar’s love of aviation is something he keeps in the cockpit, reluctant to discuss with those on the ground. “Captain Smit Machchhar is a HERO,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on X. “In the face of the gravest danger and despite being serio...
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