'I never thought I would speak to you,' Captain Smit Machchhar told PM Modi

Captain Smit Machchhar, who saved 180 lives by helping avert a plane crash despite being stabbed by his Omani co-pilot inside the cockpit, told PM Narendra Modi on their video call, "Sir, I never thought I would get to speak to you." Captain Machchhar, who spoke from a hospital bed in Abu Dhabi, called PM Modi his "biggest idol".