Pilot Smit Machchhar Recounts Cockpit Ordeal During flydubai Flight After Serious Injury

Smit Machchhar, the pilot of a flydubai aircraft, described the moments inside the cockpit after an incident that left him seriously injured. He stated that the flight had begun normally and there were no signs of trouble at the outset. Machchhar said he was looking towards the front of the cockpit when he noticed his co‑pilot engaged in prayer. The pilot’s account provides the only known detail about the interior situation during the event.