Captain Smit Machchhar to get Israel's top bravery award for flydubai flight heroism. Indian pilot Smit Machchhar will be honoured with Israel's highest civilian bravery award, Medal for Civilian Bravery, for his heroism on a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight which saved the lives of around 180 passengers. Captain Machchhar was stabbed by an Omani co-pilot in the latter's attempt to crash the plane. Machchhar is currently recovering in a hospital in Abu Dhabi.