{
  "id": 10957443,
  "title": "Stabbed flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar is Indian national, worked with SpiceJet earlier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/stabbed-flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhar-is-indian-national-worked-with",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T13:33:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/stabbed-flydubai-pilot-indian-national-smit-machchhar-was-former-spicejet-employee-dubai-tel-aviv-saudi-101790775056727.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Smit Machchhar has been a captain on flydubai's Boeing 737 fleet since June 2022, according to his LinkedIn profile.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Who Is Capt Smit Machchhar? Indian-Origin Pilot Emerges As Hero Of Flydubai Mid-Air Emergency",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/who-is-capt-smit-machchhar-indian-origin-pilot-emerges-as-hero-of",
        "published": "2026-09-30T14:08:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}