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Captain Smit Machchhar: The flydubai "Hero" Indian Pilot Who Saved 174 Lives

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flydubai Flight News: Captain Machchhar has been working with flydubai for four years.

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The Hero of Flydubai Flight: Who Is Smit Machchhar, the Pilot Who Saved 174 Passengers?

His courage is hailed in India and Israel, where some propose that he light a torch at the next Independence Day ceremony

·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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Here Is the Hero From the Horror Plane

Indian captain originally wanted to work in textiles but ended up as a pilot. Now he's being praised for his part in saving 174 passengers

·Copenhagen, Denmark
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Meet Smit Machchhar: Indian pilot stabbed in cockpit who helped save 174 lives on Dubai-Tel Aviv flight

A flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was cruising at high altitude on Wednesday when the aircraft suddenly lost more than 14,000 feet in less than a minute.

·India
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Captain Smit Machchhar: The flydubai "Hero" Indian Pilot Who Saved 174 Lives

flydubai Flight News: Captain Machchhar has been working with flydubai for four years.

·New Delhi, India
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Indian pilot hailed a ‘hero’ for saving 174 passengers on flydubai flight

An Indian pilot has been hailed as a hero after acting to save passengers when he was repeatedly stabbed by his co-pilot on a flydubai flight on Wednesday. Smit Machchhar was stabbed repeatedly by his co-pilot, who was allegedly attempting to crash the aircraft. Despite his injuries, Machchhar was able to fight off the attacker […]

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NDTV broke the news in New Delhi, India on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
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