Flydubai: Skull Fracture, Damaged Vision: Fresh Details Reveal Captain Smit Machchhar's Injuries

Oct 6, 2026

Fresh medical details are emerging about the Flydubai cockpit attack in which Captain Smit Machchhar was attacked by the aircraft’s Omani co-pilot, Hamam al-Hammami, with sources now indicating that the assault left the Indian pilot with a skull fracture and serious injuries to his head and hand.The details suggest the attack was far more severe than initially known and that the co-pilot may have intended to maim, if not kill, the captain in control of the aircraft. Sources have told CNN-News18 that Captain Machchhar suffered a skull fracture after the axe attack, with the blow impacting his optic nerves and his vision. -newsNews18 Mobile App - https://onelink.to/desc-youtube

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