Indian pilot Smit suffered skull fracture, has persistent headache & vision problems. Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, who prevented an attempt to crash a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv, had suffered a skull fracture after his Omani co-pilot attacked him with a 'crash axe' inside the cockpit of the plane. Captain Smit underwent emergency treatment in Saudi Arabia, where doctors reconstructed his skull. He is battling persistent headaches and vision problems, reported News18.