Netanyahu praises Indian captain Smit Machchhar as a global hero and invites him to Israel for Independence Day ceremonies.

Netanyahu praises Indian captain Smit Machchhar as a global hero and invites him to Israel for Independence Day ceremonies.

Israeli PM Netanyahu invites Indian flydubai captain, praised as a hero, to Israel for Independence Day ceremony after he survived a cockpit attack. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited the Indian captain of a flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv to visit Israel as his guest of honour

During the conversation with Netanyahu, he also recounted how he opened the cockpit door during the attack, allowing passengers to intervene.