R Madhavan, Paresh Rawal, and Vijay Deverakonda took to social media to praise Indian pilot Capt. Samit Machar, who fought the co-pilot who was allegedly trying to crash a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The flight was carrying 174 passengers including 27 children.
Sharing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s post, R Madhavan wished the skipper a speedy recovery and wrote, “Praying for the speedy recovery of a true hero.”
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Sharing a video of PM Modi, Vijay Deverakonda wrote, “May God protect you and bless you Captain. What you faced and what you did is amazing. Along with everyone else on that flight.”
See the post here:
May God protect you and bless you Captain 🙏❤️
What you faced and what you did is amazing. Along with everyone else on that flight. https://t.co/lKK8gzyMZy
– Vijay Deverakonda (@TheDeverakonda) October 1, 2026
Meanwhile, Paresh Rawal reacted by remembering the famous Nana Patekar “A mosquito to a man…” Dialogue from the 1994 film Krantiveer. Actor Capt. Samit was seen making a pun on Machar’s surname, “Mosquito”. He wrote, “Remembering Nana Patekar’s famous dialogue: Beautiful man…!”
Remembering Nana Patekar’s famous dialogue:
Beautiful man…!– Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) October 1, 2026
Earlier, Ravi Kishan also praised the captain’s bravery.
The pilot is recovering in a hospital in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, where the flight was diverted Wednesday after the co-pilot allegedly stabbed him in mid-air in an alleged attempt to crash the plane carrying 174 people, according to Israeli officials.
According to Israeli officials, the Mumbai resident was reportedly covered in blood and lying on the cockpit floor when he managed to activate the release mechanism to open the cockpit door. This allowed passengers and crew members to control the co-pilot, while two Flydubai pilots assisted in landing the aircraft as passengers.
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