Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, wounded during an alleged attack by his co-pilot aboard a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight, acted to protect the plane’s passengers, he told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. An Indian pilot attacked by his co-pilot aboard a flight from the UAE to Israel said Friday that he "could not let all those people die", in his first public remarks after he helped stop the plane from crashing. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, wounded during an alleged attack by his co-pilot aboard a Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight, acted to protect the plane’s passengers, he told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. “I was trying to save my own life, but I knew I could not...S1

• An Indian pilot attacked by his co-pilot aboard a flight from the UAE to Israel said Friday that he "could not let all those people die", in his first public remarks after he helped stop the plane from crashing. His actions on Wednesday helped avert disaster w...S2

• "I was being hit even then, but I just opened the door and everyone came in."S3