{
  "id": 11638617,
  "title": "Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar’s old podcast resurfaces after mid-air emergency: ‘Focus on flying, not selfies’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhars-old-podcast-resurfaces-after-mid-air",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T08:15:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/flydubai-pilot-smit-machchhar-s-old-podcast-resurfaces-after-mid-air-emergency-focus-on-flying-not-selfies-11791012416469.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An old podcast featuring Indian pilot Smit Machchhar has resurfaced after his role in the flydubai cockpit emergency. Months earlier, he had urged young pilots to prioritise experience and skills over chasing airlines, aircraft or an online image.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Live Mint",
        "title": "‘A lesson for us’: IAF chief AP Singh on Flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar, Russia's Su-57 jets, AMCA fifth-gen, honeytrap",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/a-lesson-for-us-iaf-chief-ap-singh-on-flydubai-captain-smit-machchhar",
        "published": "2026-10-03T08:14:13.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}