From textile engineering to cockpit hero: Indian pilot wins praise after flydubai drama

By Aftab Ahmed and Saurabh SharmaNEW DELHI, Oct 1 (Reuters) - For Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, hailed as a hero for averting a crash of a flydubai jet bound for Israel, aviation was never part of his childhood dreams.Machchhar had his sights set on the family's textile business, until the aviation…