{
  "id": 11423211,
  "title": "Pilots’ body urges PM Modi to give flydubai captain Smit Machchhar a bravery award for saving 182 lives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/pilots-body-urges-pm-modi-to-give-flydubai-captain-smit-machchhar-a",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T10:58:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pilots-body-urges-pm-modi-to-give-flydubai-captain-smit-machchhar-a-bravery-award-for-saving-182-lives-101790938038445.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The pilots’ body described Smit Machchhar’s actions during the flydubai incident as an act of “extraordinary courage, and exemplary devotion to duty”",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 8,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Economic Times",
        "title": "PM Modi speaks to injured pilot Smit Machchhar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/pm-modi-speaks-to-injured-pilot-smit-machchhar",
        "published": "2026-10-02T06:19:34.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV - India News",
        "title": "'I Was Injured But Couldn't Let Passengers Die': Captain Smit Machchhar To PM Modi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/i-was-injured-but-couldnt-let-passengers-die-captain-smit-machchhar",
        "published": "2026-10-02T07:00:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "PM Modi speaks to flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchaar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/pm-modi-speaks-to-flydubai-pilot-captain-smit-machchaar",
        "published": "2026-10-02T07:37:12.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "‘Son Of Mumbai’: Milind Deora Urges Ashoka Chakra For Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/son-of-mumbai-milind-deora-urges-ashoka-chakra-for-flydubai-captain",
        "published": "2026-10-02T10:11:58.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express - India",
        "title": "‘Told myself, this will be last push’: Smit Machchhar to PM on flydubai cockpit fight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/told-myself-this-will-be-last-push-smit-machchhar-to-pm-on-flydubai",
        "published": "2026-10-02T10:17:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "‘Our hero’: India rallies behind flydubai Captain Smit after cockpit attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/our-hero-india-rallies-behind-flydubai-captain-smit-after-cockpit",
        "published": "2026-10-02T10:56:46.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "'The last push': FlyDubai captain Smit Machchhar recounts harrowing cockpit attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/the-last-push-flydubai-captain-smit-machchhar-recounts-harrowing",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:51:39.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}