ETHICSCOURAGE AND DUTY OF CARE
The Door Was an Arm's Length Away: Courage, Self-Preservation and the Duty of Care
On October 2, Gandhi Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by video call to Captain Smit Machchhar, who is being treated in an Abu Dhabi hospital and praised his courage and presence of mind in stopping a cockpit attack on flydubai flight FZ1073. The UAE described the attack as a serious terrorist incident. The pilot's own description of those seconds makes it a live GS4 case on courage and duty of care.
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