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‘I had so many injuries I had collapsed’: FlyDubai pilot offers first-hand account on attack
‘I had so many injuries I had collapsed’: FlyDubai pilot offers first-hand account on attack
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‘I had so many injuries I had collapsed’: FlyDubai pilot offers first-hand account on attack "I was fighting for my life… When I was lying on the floor, I realized that the aircraft was going down, and I knew exactly that this was the last push," the pilot of the FlyDubai plane told Indian PM Narendra Modi.Heavily injured, he opened the cockpit’s door to let other people in, he shared, and this allowed them to save the entire plane. "At the same time, I knew that I couldn't save all of them myself," he remembered.After the incident, he was taken to hospital in Saudi Arabia where he was provided with medical treatment.Subscribe to @SputnikInt
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‘I had so many injuries I had collapsed’: FlyDubai pilot offers first-hand account on attack
17:05 02.10.2026 (Updated: 17:24 02.10.2026) ‘I had so many injuries I had collapsed’: FlyDubai pilot offers first-hand account on attack
"I was fighting for my life… When I was lying on the floor, I realized that the aircraft was going down, and I knew exactly that this was the last push," the pilot of the FlyDubai plane told Indian PM Narendra Modi.
Heavily injured, he opened the cockpit’s door to let other people in, he shared, and this allowed them to save the entire plane.
"At the same time, I knew that I couldn't save all of them myself," he remembered.
After the incident, he was taken to hospital in Saudi Arabia where he was provided with medical treatment.
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