Hundreds gathered outside Captain Smit Machchhar’s residence to honor his bravery after a recent incident.
His patience and presence of mind helped avert a serious disaster,” his neighbour Daulatbhai Vora said. Not just those who know him, but every Mumbaikar is proud of him,” he said. Soni said his parents live in a flat in the residential complex, while Machchhar, his wife and two children live in Dubai. The Indian Embassy in Riyadh, in a social media post, said that the pilot is “admitted in a hospital in Tabuk city in northwest Saudi Arabia and receiving necessary medical attention. The embassy and the Consulate General of India in Jeddah are closely monitoring Machchhar’s health and are in touch with his family, it said.
“I have known Captain Smit since he was a child, and his family is very dear to me. I was also involved in business with his father for some time. His father raised both his sons, Smit and his brother, remarkably well. We are deeply proud of what he has achieved. Amit Soni, a childhood friend of Smit who used to play cricket with him, described him as a very lively person. “We are deeply concerned about his health. They often visit Mumbai, he added.