{
  "id": 15223070,
  "title": "'Didn't Know What Hit Me': flydubai Hero Recalls Dubai-Tel Aviv Plane Horror",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/didnt-know-what-hit-me-flydubai-hero-recalls-dubai-tel-aviv-plane",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T14:33:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
    "slug": "ndtv",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/very-hard-hit-from-behind-smit-machchhar-recalls-flydubai-axe-attack-12199687"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Smit Machchhar said that the Omani co-pilot sneaked in from behind and hit him. The Indian pilot said he wasn't looking back because his co-pilot said he would offer prayers inside the cockpit.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}