遭副驾驶袭击并打开驾驶舱门让其他人进入的迪拜航空印度籍飞行员表示,他决心不让其他人丧生。
The Indian pilot of the Flydubai plane who was attacked by his co-pilot and opened the cockpit door to let others in has said he was determined not to let others die.
斯米特·马奇哈尔上尉说,当时他躺在地板上,仍在遭受袭击,却意识到这架载有170多名乘客的飞机正在下坠,必须采取行动。
Capt Smit Machchhar said he was on the floor and still being attacked when he realised the plane carrying more than 170 passengers was sinking and he had to do something.
“我当时受伤躺在地板上,但告诉自己,最后再努力一把,把门从里面打开。”他说,这是在与印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪的视频通话中。
"I was lying on the floor injured but I told myself to go for one last push to open the door from inside," he said in a video call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Others came in and also played a role [in controlling the situation].
“其他人冲进来后,也发挥了作用(协助控制局面)。我当然是在为自己的生命而战,但与此同时,我知道自己不会让其他人死去。”他补充道。
I was of course fighting for my own life but at the same time I knew I was not going to let others die," he added.
迪拜航空FZ1073航班于周三凌晨从迪拜飞往特拉维夫,飞行两个半小时后,骤降超过1.7万英尺(5200米)。
Flydubai's flight FZ1073, which was bound for Tel Aviv from Dubai early on Wednesday morning, plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m) two and a half hours into its journey.
飞机最初向空中交通管制员发出紧急信号,随后将应答机代码切换为表示飞机遭劫持的7500。
It first sent an emergency signal to air traffic controllers before switching to code squawk 7500, which indicates hijacking.
以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡后来对媒体表示,一名飞行员曾刺伤另一名飞行员,随后“显然企图让飞机坠毁”。
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later told the media that one pilot had stabbed the other before "apparently trying to crash" the plane.
在其他乘客制伏袭击者后,两名以乘客身份登机的备用飞行员于当地时间6时58分,将飞机安全降落在沙特阿拉伯西北部的塔布克机场。
After fellow passengers overpowered the attacker, two reserve pilots, who were in the plane as passengers, safely landed the plane at Tabuk Airport in north-western Saudi Arabia at 06:58 local time.
被内塔尼亚胡誉为“真正的英雄”的马奇哈尔先后被送往塔布克一家医院治疗,随后空运至阿布扎比;据报道,他目前病情稳定。
Machchhar, who has been hailed as a "true hero" by Netanyahu, was taken to hospital in Tabuk before being airlifted to Abu Dhabi, where he is reported to be in a stable condition.
内塔尼亚胡告诉福克斯新闻,袭击者是阿曼国民,并称调查结果表明,他曾受到“伊斯兰极端主义思想的灌输”。
Netanyahu told Fox News the attacker was an Omani national and said investigations suggested he had undergone "Islamist radical indoctrination".
他说,袭击者被乘客和机组人员制伏并捆绑起来后,仍在“朝机组人员大喊‘杀了我,杀了我’”,因此可以肯定他当时有自杀意图,“这一点毫无疑问”。
He said that once the attacker had been subdued and tied up by passengers and crew, he was "calling out to the aircrew 'kill me, kill me', so it's clear he was suicidal - that's not a question".
阿拉伯联合酋长国已开始调查“该事件是否与任何恐怖活动或恐怖目的有关”,据该国国家通讯社报道。自身份曝光以来,印度社交媒体平台上到处都是对马奇尔的赞扬。
The United Arab Emirates has begun investigating "whether the incident was linked to any terrorist activity or purpose", according to the country's state news agency. Indian social media has been awash with praise for Machchhar since his identity emerged.
他告诉莫迪,自己已经驾驶飞机17年,“即使闭着眼睛,也能知道飞机上正在发生什么”。
He told Modi he had been flying planes for 17 years and "can tell what is happening to the plane even with my eyes closed".
总理告诉他,“他的勇气、耐心和果断决策挽救了许多人的生命”,全国人民都为他感到骄傲。
The prime minister told him that "his courage, patience and quick decision-making saved the lives of so many people" and the whole country was proud of him.
印度驻阿联酋大使馆周四表示,马奇尔“身体状况良好,康复顺利”。大使迪帕克·米塔尔说,他为“斯米特机长的勇敢感到自豪”,见到他时“深感欣慰”。
The Indian embassy in the UAE on Thursday said Machchhar was "in good health and recovering well". Ambassador Deepak Mittal said he was "proud of Capt Smit for his bravery" and "very reassured" to meet him.
“我并没有把这道伤当作伤口来看待,因为那样会让我的康复更加困难,”马奇尔说。
"I am not looking at this wound like a wound because that would make my recovery even more difficult," Machchhar said.
“我把它看作一段正在缓慢推进、需要时间走完的历程,但我相信自己会顺利康复,再次变得健康强健。”
"I am looking at it as a journey which is slowly going on and will take time but I am confident that the recovery will be there and I will become fit and healthy again."