{
  "id": 11221766,
  "title": "Indian envoy to UAE meets flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar, says he is recovering well",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/indian-envoy-to-uae-meets-flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhar-says-he-is",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T15:23:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/indian-envoy-to-uae-meets-flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhar-in-dubai-says-he-is-recovering-well-101790867902510.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Machchhar was stabbed and seriously injured by his co-pilot in the cockpit of Flydubai flight FZ1073, travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, on Wednesday.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Standard Kenya",
        "title": "How Kenyan flight attendants tended to stabbed Flydubai pilot mid-flight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/how-kenyan-flight-attendants-tended-to-stabbed-flydubai-pilot-mid",
        "published": "2026-10-01T11:05:23.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "India’s UAE envoy visits family of Flydubai pilot injured in cockpit attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/indias-uae-envoy-visits-family-of-flydubai-pilot-injured-in-cockpit",
        "published": "2026-10-01T12:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "FlyDubai passenger recounts cockpit chaos: \"I hugged my two boys\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/flydubai-passenger-recounts-cockpit-chaos-i-hugged-my-two-boys",
        "published": "2026-10-01T13:14:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Indian airline captain hailed as hero after cockpit attack on FlyDubai flight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/indian-airline-captain-hailed-as-hero-after-cockpit-attack-on",
        "published": "2026-10-01T13:32:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "Hero flydubai pilot Capt. Smit Machchhar airlifted to UAE; Indian Ambassador visits him",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/hero-flydubai-pilot-capt-smit-machchhar-airlifted-to-uae-indian",
        "published": "2026-10-01T14:00:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "‘Matter of great pride’: Flydubai Pilot Smit Machchhar’s Neighbours, Friends Laud Him For Averting Aviation Disaster | VIDEO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/matter-of-great-pride-flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhars-neighbours",
        "published": "2026-10-01T14:19:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Pride and prayers in Mumbai’s Tilak Nagar as neighbours await Smit Machchhar’s recovery",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/pride-and-prayers-in-mumbais-tilak-nagar-as-neighbours-await-smit",
        "published": "2026-10-01T17:42:35.000Z"
      }
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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."
}