The pilot injured on the flydubai flight was identified as Indian national Smit Machchhar, in stable condition in hospital, according to the BBC — despite being stabbed, he fought back, opened the cockpit door and enabled passengers and crew to overpower the attacker, in the version of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cited by the BBC.

A passenger said in a video released by Netanyahu that he put the attacker in a chokehold and pulled him out of the cabin, according to the Hindustan Times.