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  "id": 11444880,
  "title": "12 minutes of madness: How Flydubai pilot, passengers saved plane midfall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/12-minutes-of-madness-how-flydubai-pilot-passengers-saved-plane",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T12:37:20.000Z",
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  "summary": "As it plunged 17,000ft in under two minutes, a quick-thinking captain and passengers saved plane from crashing.",
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        "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"
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        "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",
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        "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",
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        "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"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "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",
        "published": "2026-10-02T12:57:05.000Z"
      }
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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."
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