Hero Indian pilot Smit Machchhar back on his feet, walks 10 steps. Hero Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, who averted a terror attack despite being attacked by a crash axe on a flydubai plane, is recovering well. He walked 10 steps, a family member said. Reports said that doctors reconstructed his skull, which suffered a fracture after he was attacked by Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami. He has been shifted to a Dubai hospital.