A flydubai co-pilot accused of trying to take control of a flight to Tel Aviv allegedly planned to crash the aircraft into Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport in a 9/11-style attack, according to Israeli media reports.
The name of the Indian pilot who has been hailed by world leaders and people around the globe is Captain Smit Machchhar and that was known from day-1 of the flyDubai flight incident.
The shocking news from a few hours ago is about a flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 which was flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv with about 180 Israeli passengers, got into trouble.