Pilot Stabbed on Flydubai Plane Recounts the Dramatic Attack

0 October 2, 2026 10:30

The pilot that was stabbed during the suspected terror attack on a Flydubai plane is speaking out for the first time about his desperate decision to fight back and open the cockpit door that saved lives, getting emotional as he reflected on the near-disaster. “I feel proud of myself…I didn’t feel it until now, but now I do,” he says. NBC’s Matt Bradley reports for TODAY.

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