{
  "id": 11091629,
  "title": "PM Modi hails pilot Smit Machchhar as 'hero' after Flydubai incident",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/pm-modi-hails-pilot-smit-machchhar-as-hero-after-flydubai-incident",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T02:49:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Standard IN",
    "slug": "business-standard-in",
    "url": "https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/pm-modi-hails-pilot-smit-machchhar-as-hero-after-flydubai-incident-126100100097_1.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Indian pilot of a Flydubai flight has been hailed as a hero by Prime Minister Modi. The pilot, who was seriously injured, showed immense courage and helped save hundreds of lives after a mid-air struggle with his co-pilot.\n\nThe incident occurred on a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv, which was carrying around 180 people. According to The Economic Times, the co-pilot allegedly tried to crash the aircraft, but the pilot, who is an Indian national, fought him to prevent the plane from going down.\n\nThe plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, where the suspected attacker, an Omani national, was arrested by Saudi authorities. The incident is under investigation.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "Flydubai ‘terrorist’ pilot wanted to crash the plane",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/flydubai-terrorist-pilot-wanted-to-crash-the-plane",
        "published": "2026-09-30T12:18:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "Israel probes if FlyDubai pilot stabbing was attempted terror attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/israel-probes-if-flydubai-pilot-stabbing-was-attempted-terror-attack",
        "published": "2026-09-30T22:20:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}