NIA to Investigate Mid-Air Attack on Flydubai Pilot Captain Smit Machchhar
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the probe into the mid-air assault on Captain Smit Machchhar. The case is being investigated under the Anti-Hijacking Act of 2016 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act of 1967 to determine if a larger conspiracy was involved.
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Updated - October 10, 2026 05:23 pm IST - New Delhi
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case to probe last month's mid-air cockpit attack on Captain Smit Machchhar aboard a flydubai flight, officials said on Saturday (October 10, 2026).
The case has been registered under the relevant provisions of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, they said.
Indian national pilot Machchhar was stabbed and seriously injured by his co-pilot in the cockpit of flydubai flight FZ1073, while travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 30 "in an apparent attempt to hijack or cause it to crash," the officials said, citing an FIR registered by the NIA on October 9.
Published - October 10, 2026 04:15 pm IST
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NIA to probe mid-air attack on Captain Smit Machchhar aboard flydubai flight
The case has been registered under the relevant provisions of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016, and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967
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