The captain of a flydubai flight has spoken from his hospital bed, describing his desperate battle to save the plane after he was attacked by the co-pilot. "Immediately, my hand went to the knob that opens the door, and I screamed for my colleagues, screaming his name," Captain Smit Machchhar said on the attack. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• The captain of a flydubai flight has spoken from his hospital bed, describing his desperate battle to save the plane after he was attacked by the co-pilot.S1

• "Immediately, my hand went to the knob that opens the door, and I screamed for my colleagues, screaming his name," Captain Smit Machchhar said on the attack.S2

• Oct 18 - The captain of a flydubai flight who was attacked by a co-pilot who intended to crash the plane has described blockingaxe blows to the head and screaming for help as he reached for a knob to open the cockpit door.Captain Smit Machchhar has been hailed...S3

• Capt Smit Machchhar said he screamed for help as he reached to open the cockpit door on flight FZ1073The captain of a flydubai flight who was attacked by a co-pilot who intended to crash the plane has described ⁠blocking axe blows to his head and screaming for...S4

• Captain of flydubai plane describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attackedS5