Pilot describes desperate fight to save passengers after co-pilot attack

The Flydubai captain stabbed by his co-pilot during a flight to Tel Aviv has described how he fought to reach the cockpit door as the aircraft plunged thousands of feet.

Speaking to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from hospital, Captain Smit Machchhar said he "could not let people die" as he fought for his own life.

Sky's Alex Rossi reports.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/flydubai-captain-says-he-fought-to-open-cockpit-door-while-still-being-attacked-13594247

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