耶路撒冷消息：10月3日，以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡邀请一位驾驶飞往特拉维夫的阿联酋航空航班的印度籍机长作为贵宾访问以色列。该机长详细讲述了自己在飞机遭袭后如何成功化解危机的经过。
JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Oct 3 invited to Israel as a guest of honour the Indian captain of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight who offered a dramatic account of how he saved the plane after being attacked. Netanyahu said he wanted Captain Smit Machchhar and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of Israel’s key international partners, to light a flame at a national ceremony for Israel’s Independence Day next May, saying the role was usually reserved for Israeli citizens. “You are a true hero of the brave peoples of India and Israel and you are a hero of the entire world,” Netanyahu said, in a video his office released of his telephone conversation with the hospitalised captain.
内塔尼亚胡表示，他希望这位机长以及以色列的重要国际伙伴——印度总理纳伦德拉·莫迪，能在明年5月的以色列独立日国家级庆典上共同点燃象征和平的火焰。通常这一荣誉仅授予以色列公民。
在总理办公室公布的电话录音中，内塔尼亚胡称赞道：“您是印度和以色列两国勇敢人民的真正英雄，也是全世界的英雄。”
UAE investigators have said that the co-pilot planned the “terrorist act” by attacking Machchhar with an axe. Asked how the attack unfolded, Machchhar said the co-pilot had asked to take time to pray, as devout Muslims do five times a day.
阿联酋调查人员指出，此次事件系副驾驶蓄意策划的恐怖袭击，他使用斧头对机长实施了攻击。
“A lot of locals, they do pray, which is not out of the ordinary. While he was praying, out of respect, I was just looking at the front and not at the back,” Machchhar said.
谈及事发经过，机长斯米特·马查尔回忆道：副驾驶曾以虔诚的穆斯林每日五次祷告为由请求短暂时间。由于当地民众常有祷告习惯，出于尊重，他当时仅注视前方而并未留意身后。
“Suddenly, after I think I would say about four to five minutes, there was a big blow to the back of my head. My first thought was that there was catastrophic damage to the aircraft and something is not right. “But then after that the blows kept coming one after the other. That’s when I realised that it’s not the aircraft, it’s the other guy who was in the cockpit with me.”
“约莫四五分钟后，我的后脑遭到重击。起初我以为飞机结构受损导致异常，但随后攻击接连不断，我才意识到危险来自同处驾驶舱的副驾驶。”马查尔说道。尽管伤势导致记忆模糊，他仍回忆起自己奋力推开驾驶舱门，“不过他似乎又把门关上了。我拼尽最后力气再次破门而出，所幸舱外已有人员接应。”法新社报道。
While saying his memory was not entirely clear due to his injury, Machchhar said he managed to pull open the cockpit door “but I think he shut it back closed.”“I had that one last fight left in me,” Machchhar explained, saying he knew he faced certain death if not. “That’s when I pushed against everything. I gave everything that I had and just went for the door and opened the door and thankfully people were waiting.”AFP