{
  "id": 11116737,
  "title": "'Pilot Was In Serious Condition': Israeli Doctor Helps Restrain Attacker, Saves Injured Flydubai Captain Mid-Air",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/pilot-was-in-serious-condition-israeli-doctor-helps-restrain-attacker",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T04:46:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/pilot-was-in-serious-condition-israeli-doctor-helps-restrain-attacker-saves-injured-flydubai-captain-mid-air"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot of the flydubai flight, was losing a massive amount of blood and fighting unconsciousness after being stabbed by his co-pilot. Still, he managed to open the cockpit door and save the lives of 174 people on board, said an Israeli dentist who was a passenger on the plane. The dramatic mid-air incident involving a flydubai flight was brought under control after an…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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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."
}