{
  "id": 11125901,
  "title": "Indian captain praised as hero after preventing mid-air disaster on Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/indian-captain-praised-as-hero-after-preventing-mid-air-disaster-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T05:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Vibes",
    "slug": "the-vibes",
    "url": "https://www.thevibes.com/articles/world/127859/indian-captain-praised-as-hero-after-preventing-mid-air-disaster-on-tel-aviv-bound-flydubai-flight"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "INDIAN pilot Captain Smit Machchhar has been widely praised as a hero after averting a catastrophic crash aboard a flydubai flight to Israel when his co-pilot stabbed him and tried to bring down the aircraft. Flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv plun...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 7,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "‘Capt Smit Machchhar is a Hero’: PM Modi hails brave FlyDubai pilot for ‘averting great tragedy’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/capt-smit-machchhar-is-a-hero-pm-modi-hails-brave-flydubai-pilot-for",
        "published": "2026-10-01T02:21:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Global leaders, diplomats to passengers: How Indian pilot Smit Machchhar became a hero for the world",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/global-leaders-diplomats-to-passengers-how-indian-pilot-smit",
        "published": "2026-10-01T04:02:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Indian airline captain hailed as ‘hero’ after cockpit stabbing on Flydubai flight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/indian-airline-captain-hailed-as-hero-after-cockpit-stabbing-on",
        "published": "2026-10-01T04:26:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Indian pride swells as flydubai pilot who saved 174 lives hailed as ‘absolute hero’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/indian-pride-swells-as-flydubai-pilot-who-saved-174-lives-hailed-as",
        "published": "2026-10-01T05:18:44.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "‘A hero’: Trump on Indian pilot Smit Machchhar after mid-air cockpit attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/a-hero-trump-on-indian-pilot-smit-machchhar-after-mid-air-cockpit",
        "published": "2026-10-01T05:19:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "President Murmu, PM Modi praise Indian pilot Smit Machchhar for saving Israel-bound flight from crash",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/president-murmu-pm-modi-praise-indian-pilot-smit-machchhar-for-saving",
        "published": "2026-10-01T05:44:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}