Indian FlyDubai pilot Smit Machchhar praised for bravery during cockpit attack. Authorities paid tribute to a “brave” Indian pilot credited with averting a catastrophe when he was attacked by a colleague in the cockpit of a FlyDubai passenger jet on Wednesday. The Indian Embassy in Riyadh said the injured captain, Smit Machchhar, was in a stable condition in a hospital in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The Boeing 737 MAX he was flying, which was on its.