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Dentist Describes Treating Flydubai Captain After Cockpit Attack
A co-pilot allegedly attacked the captain on a flydubai plane.
Passengers and crew helped stop the attacker.
Shota Musaev, a dentist travelling as a passenger, found the captain badly hurt.
He used T-shirts and ice to help slow the bleeding.
He kept talking to the captain and asked him not to fall asleep.
Musaev watched the captain’s condition and urged the crew to land quickly when it worsened.
The plane made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Doctors then cared for the captain, who was later transferred to the UAE.
Musaev said the passengers and crew all helped during the emergency.
Dentist Shota Musaev said he treated Captain Smit Machchhar for about 45 minutes after a co-pilot allegedly attacked him aboard flydubai Flight FZ1073.
Musaev and other passengers helped restrain the attacker; accounts differ on which passengers helped control the aircraft.
Musaev used T-shirts and ice to apply pressure to deep wounds and monitored Machchhar’s pulse and condition.
He spoke to the injured captain to keep him conscious, while the plane diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, for an emergency landing.
Machchhar was handed to medical staff, later transferred to the UAE, and was reported to be recovering; he expressed a wish to meet Musaev.
- Who
- Dentist Shota Musaev treated Captain Smit Machchhar after an alleged attack by the co-pilot.
- What
- Musaev gave first aid while passengers and crew restrained the attacker and the aircraft was diverted.
- Where
- Aboard a flight bound for Tel Aviv, which made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
- When
- During flydubai Flight FZ1073; the articles do not consistently specify the incident date.
- Why
- Machchhar was seriously injured in a cockpit attack and needed urgent care.
Accounts of events
Different reported details
Who stabilized the aircraft
Accounts of events
One account says two standby flydubai pilots travelling as passengers entered the cockpit and helped stabilize the aircraft.
Different reported details
Another account says passenger Yaniv Hayun took control and stabilized the flight before a third pilot assumed control.
Details of the alleged attack
Accounts of events
The accounts describe the Omani co-pilot as having attacked or assaulted Machchhar.
Different reported details
One report identifies the co-pilot as Hamam al-Hammami and describes an alleged stabbing and an apparent attempt to crash the aircraft; these details are presented as allegations.
Key facts
- Flight
- flydubai Flight FZ1073
- Captain
- Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot
- Passenger who treated him
- Shota Musaev, a Georgian dentist living in Israel
- First aid
- T-shirts and ice were used to apply pressure to the wounds
- Treatment period
- About 45 minutes, according to Musaev
- Emergency landing
- Tabuk, Saudi Arabia
- After landing
- Machchhar was taken for medical treatment and later transferred to the UAE
- Recovery
- The Indian Embassy in the UAE said he was making steady progress
Quotes
Dr Shota Musaev
Georgian dentist who treated Captain Machchhar aboard the flight
“There was heavy bleeding from his head and left hand. I used T-shirts to press the wounds, but it [the bleeding] didn’t stop, so I asked the stewards for ice.”
indianexpress.com
“I asked how many children he had, their names. I kept telling him, “Don't be afraid, you will go back to your family, we are landing soon.””
firstpost.com
Captain Smit Machchhar
Flydubai pilot injured in the cockpit attack
“Help me, please. Help me, please. I don't want to die here.”
firstpost.com
wionews.com
Sources
‘Please don't sleep, we need you’: Dentist recalls saving Captain Machchhar after cockpit attack
‘Don’t sleep…’: How dentist Shota Musaev helped save flydubai captain Smit Machchhar after cockpit attack
'Please don't sleep. We need you': Dentist reveals how he saved Captain Smit Machchhar in Flydubai flight attack
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