{
  "id": 12622312,
  "title": "'I Don't Want To Die Here' Inside Dentist's 45-Minute Battle To Save Flydubai Pilot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/i-dont-want-to-die-here-inside-dentists-45-minute-battle-to-save",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T11:42:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/i-dont-want-to-die-here-inside-dentists-45-minute-battle-to-save-flydubai-pilot"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Israeli dentist Shota Musaev spent nearly 45 minutes in the cockpit of FlyDubai flight FZ1073, battling to save pilot Smit Machchhar after he was brutally attacked by the co-pilot. As the Indian pilot suffered multiple severe injuries, Musaev used T-shirts as pressure dressings and ice packs to control the bleeding, while keeping the captain conscious and reassuring him that the plane was landing soon. Despite the dire situation, Machchhar's actions ultimately saved the lives of everyone on board, and he is now recovering at a hospital in the United Arab Emirates.",
  "summary": "Israeli dentist Shota Musaev fought for nearly 45 minutes to keep severely wounded flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar alive after the captain was attacked inside the cockpit of flight FZ1073 last week. Musaev, the only doctor on board, used T-shirts as makeshift pressure dressings and ice packs to control Machchhar’s bleeding as the aircraft was diverted to Saudi Arabia following the Omani co-pilot’s…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "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."
}