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FlyDubai captain describes fight for his life after attack on flight to Tel Aviv

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The Indian pilot who was allegedly attacked by his co-pilot during a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv earlier this week is describing the moment he managed to open the cockpit door, realizing he had "one last fight left in me."

Capt. Smit Machchhar spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speaker phone conversation while the pilot was recovering in a hospital in the United Arab Emirates and the prime minister expressed his gratitude for preventing the co-pilot from harming more people.

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