Smit Machchhar, the Indian airline captain who was stabbed by his co-pilot onboard a Flydubai plane, has spoken to Prime Minister Narendra Modi from his hospital bed. Mr Machchhar has been described as a “true hero” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who hailed him for preventing a “catastrophic mid-air disaster” on the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

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