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India celebrates pilot who averted disaster on FlyDubai plane
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October 1, 2026
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Pilot Smit Machchhar is credited with saving the lives of 174 passengers on board FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Machchhar was stabbed by his co-pilot during the flight, but managed to open the locked cockpit and send emergency messages. The United Arab Emirates s
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