Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence, praised Cpt Smit Machchhar during a hospital visit.
He offered the nation's “full appreciation and praise” to the hero flydubai pilot.
Shaikh Hamdan said the pilot “embodied the highest degrees of courage, responsibility, and care for human life”.
Cpt Machchhar, who is currently receiving medical care in Abu Dhabi after being attacked by his co-pilot on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, managed to open the cockpit door after he was struck with a crash axe, letting in crew members and passengers to help avert disaster as the plane plunged thousands of feet.
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