NEW: Flydubai Pilot Smit Machchhar Testimony:

“The co-pilot stood up to pray, and out of respect for him, I didn’t look back.

A few minutes later, I felt a strong impact and thought something had happened to the plane. But then I was hit again and realized it was him.

I opened the cockpit door once, but he closed it, and I fell to the floor. I realized I had one more chance.

When I opened it again, I saw people waiting to rush inside.”

@AmichaiStein1