PM Modi hails Captain Smit Machchhar as 'Hero' after flydubai cockpit attack

New Delhi, Oct 1 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed Indian commercial pilot Captain Smit Machchhar as a "hero" for displaying extraordinary courage while confronting a violent attack in the cockpit of a flydubai flight, saying his actions helped avert what could have become another 9/11-like aviation tragedy and save the lives of 174 people on board. In a post on social media platform X, Modi said Machchhar had demonstrated "the highest form of courage" by confronting the threat despite the danger to his own life. "Captain Smit Machchhar has shown the world the highest form of courage.…