Who Is Trying To Cast A Shadow Over Captain Smit Machhar's Bravery?
Captain Smit Machhar has finally spoken publicly, in a 9-minute-52-second conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, offering a first-person account of the terrifying moments inside the Flydubai cockpit. As his injuries, eyewitness accounts and the pilot's own testimony emerge, questions and scepticism continue to swirl - from the identity of the alleged attacker and cockpit access to the aircraft's dramatic descent and whether it is too early to call the incident a terror attack. Meanwhile, a political row has erupted over Rahul Gandhi's silence, with the BJP linking it to what it calls "appeasement politics". So, who is trying to cast a shadow over Captain Smit Machhar's bravery?
