In Keralam, India Post will organise a special function and release a special cover to honour brave-hearted Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for saving lives of 174 people on board Flydubai Flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on 30th of last month.
Despite severe wounds, he managed to unlock the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to enter, overpower the assailant, and safely divert the aircraft to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, saving the lives of everyone on board.
Keralam Postal Circle will release a special cover in Thiruvananthapuram today to honour Captain Smit Machchhar, who displayed exceptional courage and continued to fight despite being stabbed on board a flydubai flight.
India Post sources in Thiruvananthapuram said this is the first such honour accorded to Captain Machchhar in the country. Another special postal cover, on the theme Safai Mitras will also be released during the function to honour sanitation workers.