{
  "id": 11436901,
  "title": "Pilots’ Body Writes To PM Modi Seeking Bravery Award For Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/pilots-body-writes-to-pm-modi-seeking-bravery-award-for-flydubai",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T12:07:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/pilots-body-writes-to-pm-modi-seeking-bravery-award-for-flydubai-captain-smit-machchhar"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 2, 2026: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a national bravery award or other appropriate civilian recognition for Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot who was seriously injured while helping avert a potential disaster aboard flydubai flight FZ1073. In a letter dated October 2, the pilots’ body described Machchhar’s…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "‘I kept reciting Hanuman Chalisa’: Smit Machchhar recalls flydubai ordeal in call with PM Modi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/i-kept-reciting-hanuman-chalisa-smit-machchhar-recalls-flydubai",
        "published": "2026-10-02T07:22:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "'Highest Courage': Milind Deora, Pilots Body Call For Award For Smit Machchhar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/highest-courage-milind-deora-pilots-body-call-for-award-for-smit",
        "published": "2026-10-02T12:27:18.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}