{
  "id": 11031525,
  "title": "Israel PM hails Indian pilot wounded in diverted flydubai flight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/israel-pm-hails-indian-pilot-wounded-in-diverted-flydubai-flight",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T20:45:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3369392/israel-pm-hails-indian-pilot-wounded-diverted-flydubai-flight"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Israel’s leader credited the Indian pilot of a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight, as well as the aircraft’s passengers, with averting catastrophe on Wednesday after the man was attacked by his co-pilot, sparking a fight for control of the aircraft and forcing an emergency landing. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the co-pilot of the flydubai jet had been trying to crash it and kill all its passengers,…",
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    "outlets": 6,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "\"Extraordinary Bravery\": Netanyahu \"Salutes\" Indian Hero Pilot Smit Machchhar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/extraordinary-bravery-netanyahu-salutes-indian-hero-pilot-smit",
        "published": "2026-09-30T19:14:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "Netanyahu to Indian Flydubai pilot: A true hero",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/netanyahu-to-indian-flydubai-pilot-a-true-hero",
        "published": "2026-09-30T19:40:16.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Indian pilot credited with saving 174 Israelis on Flydubai flight, says Netanyahu",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/indian-pilot-credited-with-saving-174-israelis-on-flydubai-flight",
        "published": "2026-09-30T19:41:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Israel's Netanyahu hails Indian pilot Smit Machchar's heroics in saving 174 lives aboard flydubai aircraft",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/israels-netanyahu-hails-indian-pilot-smit-machchars-heroics-in-saving",
        "published": "2026-09-30T20:09:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "What to know after pilot stabbed on FlyDubai flight to Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/what-to-know-after-pilot-stabbed-on-flydubai-flight-to-israel",
        "published": "2026-09-30T22:22:49.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}