那位成功阻止了这起企图劫持迪拜航空（FlyDubai）航班事件的印度飞行员，在周五描述了事发后的惊险时刻：在副驾驶刺伤他、飞机开始急速下降的几分钟里，他是如何与死神抗争的。
The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight described Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent.
目前正在阿布扎比医院接受治疗的斯密特·马查尔（Smit Machchhar）队长通过电视直播与印度总理莫迪进行了视频通话。他表示：“我知道自己必须立刻站起来，才能拯救飞机上的乘客。”
Capt. Smit Machchhar, recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a video call broadcast live on television news channels that he knew he had to get back on his feet to save the passengers aboard the aircraft. "I had so many wounds.
“我身上有很多伤口，当时我已经倒在了地上，”他戴着头巾、鼻子里插着导管，在回忆起袭击事件时情绪崩溃了，“我当时是在为自己的生命而战。如果我不站起来……乘客们就会丧命。”
I had fallen down," he said from the hospital, his head bandaged and tubes in his nose, before breaking down as he recalled the attack.
据以色列方面消息，在副驾驶刺伤飞行员后，乘客们齐心协力阻止了这起劫机企图。
"I was fighting for my life.
马查尔来自印度的金融中心孟买，在周三的袭击中受了重伤，但他仍设法打开了驾驶舱门，让乘客们进入驾驶舱并制服了袭击者。目击者和以色列当局称，在这架波音737飞机急速下降的过程中，正是乘客们的英勇行为挽救了整架飞机的安全。
At one point, I realized that if I didn't get up … then passengers would lose their lives," he told Modi. Passengers foil bid to crash Dubai-Tel Aviv flight after co-pilot stabbed pilot, Israel says What we know so far about the midair FlyDubai attack Machchhar, who is from India's financial hub of Mumbai, was seriously injured in Wednesday's attack but managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers to enter and restrain the attacker as the Boeing 737 descended sharply, witnesses and Israeli authorities said.
他的英勇行为使他被誉为英雄，世界各国领导人都称赞他成功避免了可能发生的灾难。
He has been hailed as a hero for his actions, with world leaders saying he helped prevent a potential disaster.
这架载有182名乘客、从迪拜飞往特拉维夫的航班被迫改道降落在沙特阿拉伯西北部的塔布克（Tabuk）进行紧急着陆。
Indian FlyDubai pilot hailed as hero in Mumbai 8 hours ago Duration The flight, carrying 182 people from Dubai to Tel Aviv, was diverted to Tabuk in northwestern Saudi Arabia for an emergency landing.
以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡表示，袭击者是一名阿曼籍男子，已在沙特阿拉伯被逮捕并正在接受审讯；其袭击动机目前尚不清楚。
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attacker, an Omani national, was arrested in Saudi Arabia and was undergoing interrogation there.
马查尔回忆说，在那些艰难的时刻，他诵读了《哈努曼查利萨》（Hanuman Chalisa）——这是一首印度教颂歌，传统上用于祈求力量与勇气。“是哈努曼神给了我勇气，”他对莫迪说道。
His motive for the attack was not immediately clear. Recited prayer for strength Machchhar said that during those difficult moments, he recited the Hanuman Chalisa, a Hindu devotional hymn dedicated to Lord Hanuman and traditionally recited as a prayer for strength and courage.
根据 Machchhar 在 LinkedIn 上的个人资料，他已经结婚并育有两个孩子。他在 FlyDubai 工作了大约四年。在加入这家航空公司之前，他在印度廉价航空公司 SpiceJet 工作了 11 年，担任高级指挥官和航线培训机长。在 SpiceJet 期间，他的飞行总时长达 9,750 小时以上。
"Lord Hanuman gave me courage," he told Modi. Machchhar, who is married and has two children, has worked for FlyDubai for about four years, according to his LinkedIn profile. Before joining the airline, he spent 11 years with SpiceJet, an Indian low-cost carrier, where he served as a senior commander and line training captain. He logged more than 9,750 flying hours with SpiceJet.