PM Modi calls family of pilot who handled Tel Aviv flight hijack scare

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with the family of pilot Smit Machchhar on Wednesday. Machchhar was operating a flight from India to Tel Aviv when a hijacking threat was reported mid-air. The alert was declared a false alarm after the aircraft landed safely in Israel. Modi commended the pilot's handling of the situation during the security scare.

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