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Israel to honour Capt. Smit Machchhar with civilian heroism award

October 9, 2026 admin

Indian Capt. Smit Machchhar. File | Photo Credit: AP Indian Captain Smit Machchhar, who fought off an attack from his co-pilot inside the cockpit of a flydubai plane, will receive Israel’s highest bravery award for civilians, President Isaac Herzog has said. President Herzog on Thursday (October 8, 2026) presented the Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism…

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Watch: Netanyahu calls Indian FlyDubai pilot Smit Machchhar ‘hero of the entire world’

October 4, 2026 admin

Watch: Netanyahu calls Indian FlyDubai pilot Smit Machchhar ‘hero of the entire world’ Source link

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Netanyahu invites ‘true hero’ Indian flydubai captain to Israel

October 3, 2026 admin

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik creates a sand sculpture honouring Flydubai ‘hero’ Captain Smit Machchhar, in Puri. File | Photo Credit: ANI Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday (October 3, 2026) invited to Israel as a guest of honour the Indian captain of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight who offered a dramatic account of how…

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Flydubai incident | Complete coverage

October 2, 2026 admin

A teacher from Gurukul School of Art paints a portrait honouring Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot with FlyDubai, in Mumbai, India. File | Photo Credit: AP A flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv narrowly avoided disaster after one of its pilots allegedly tried to stab his colleague, Indian national Smit Machchhar, sending the aircraft…

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Trump says flydubai pilot ‘a hero’, plumber steadied plunging aircraft

October 1, 2026 admin

The pilot who staved off the attempt to crash the aircraft has been identified as Smit Machchhar, an Indian national, and hailed a “hero” by Netanyahu and many others. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement U.S. President Donald Trump hailed the flydubai pilot as a “hero” for fighting off a knife attack from the co-pilot, opening…

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