{
  "id": 11405337,
  "title": "Stabbed flydubai pilot says he opened cockpit door, letting passengers overpower co-pilot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/stabbed-flydubai-pilot-says-he-opened-cockpit-door-letting-passengers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T09:29:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2026-10-02/ty-article/flydubai-pilot-i-opened-cockpit-door-letting-passengers-overpower-co-pilot/000001a0-fbcd-d2b3-a1b8-fbcf0d6c0000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Indian pilot Smit Machchhar spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi from his hospital bed after he was stabbed by his colleague in an alleged attempt to crash a flydubai plane. 'I knew that the aircraft was going down,' he said.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
        "title": "'I had to get up': Stabbed flydubai captain speaks for first time since attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/i-had-to-get-up-stabbed-flydubai-captain-speaks-for-first-time-since",
        "published": "2026-10-02T08:36:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}