{
  "id": 11378831,
  "title": "'He Hit Me,' Indian Pilot Smit Machchhar Heard Saying In Fresh Video, Chaos Seen Aboard Flydubai Flight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/he-hit-me-indian-pilot-smit-machchhar-heard-saying-in-fresh-video",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T06:10:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/he-hit-me-indian-pilot-smit-machchhar-heard-saying-in-fresh-video-chaos-seen-aboard-flydubai-flight"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A desperate call for a doctor, passengers shouting in English and Hebrew and an injured Indian pilot heard saying, “He hit me.” Newly surfaced footage from inside flydubai flight FZ1073 has captured the tense moments after passengers and crew reportedly intervened to stop an alleged attempt by the Omani co-pilot to crash the aircraft while it was flying from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "‘There’s an extra pilot’, ‘sit down!’ Videos capture flydubai flight chaos after cockpit stabbing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/theres-an-extra-pilot-sit-down-videos-capture-flydubai-flight-chaos",
        "published": "2026-10-02T03:50:08.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "PM Modi speaks to flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar after cockpit attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/pm-modi-speaks-to-flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhar-after-cockpit-attack",
        "published": "2026-10-02T06:27:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}