{
  "id": 11444719,
  "title": "'Prepared ourselves for the worst': FlyDubai passenger recounts moments during cockpit attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/prepared-ourselves-for-the-worst-flydubai-passenger-recounts-moments",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T12:57:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CBC News",
    "slug": "cbc-news",
    "url": "https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/flydubai-cockpit-passenger-amog-italie-9.7366638"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Almog Italie and his family were on the final leg of their trip home following a vacation in Japan when they felt FlyDubai flight FZ1073 plummet. Italie was one of 174 people on board the plane earlier this week when one of the pilots stabbed the other in an attempt to crash the plane. The flight plunged 30,000 feet in under 30 seconds.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 11,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Sky News",
        "title": "Flydubai pilot 'could not let people die' as he describes fight to open cockpit door",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/flydubai-pilot-could-not-let-people-die-as-he-describes-fight-to-open",
        "published": "2026-10-02T07:14:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News (US)",
        "title": "‘I was fighting for my life’: Pilot hailed as hero recalls FlyDubai cockpit attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/i-was-fighting-for-my-life-pilot-hailed-as-hero-recalls-flydubai",
        "published": "2026-10-02T08:37:55.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Flydubai pilot says he could not let passengers die",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/flydubai-pilot-says-he-could-not-let-passengers-die",
        "published": "2026-10-02T08:46:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "ABC News AU",
        "title": "Flydubai 'hero' pilot says praying gave him courage",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/flydubai-hero-pilot-says-praying-gave-him-courage",
        "published": "2026-10-02T08:53:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Was chanting 'Hanuman Chalisa': Pilot Machchhar recounts cockpit fightback to Modi",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/was-chanting-hanuman-chalisa-pilot-machchhar-recounts-cockpit",
        "published": "2026-10-02T10:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "‘I couldn’t let everybody else die,’ says hero Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/i-couldnt-let-everybody-else-die-says-hero-flydubai-pilot-smit",
        "published": "2026-10-02T10:30:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "UAE official praises Flydubai pilot for response to terror threat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/uae-official-praises-flydubai-pilot-for-response-to-terror-threat",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:22:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "FlyDubai pilot describes opening cockpit door during attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/flydubai-pilot-describes-opening-cockpit-door-during-attack",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:23:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "'No mental capacity to react': Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar's wife recalls shock",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/no-mental-capacity-to-react-flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhars-wife",
        "published": "2026-10-02T11:32:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "FlyDubai pilot on cockpit attack: 'I was fighting for my life'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/flydubai-pilot-on-cockpit-attack-i-was-fighting-for-my-life",
        "published": "2026-10-02T12:54:36.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}