{
  "id": 15251826,
  "title": "'The plane was diving': Flydubai pilot recounts cockpit attack",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/the-plane-was-diving-flydubai-pilot-recounts-cockpit-attack",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-17T17:42:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Arutz Sheva - Israel National News",
    "slug": "arutz-sheva-israel-national-news",
    "url": "https://www.israelnationalnews.com/flashes/695534"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar recounts brutal attack in cockpit as Flight 1073 plunged, struggling to stay conscious and regain control; despite his ordeal, he vows to fly again.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The National UAE",
        "title": "'Blows kept coming, I felt the aircraft going down': Flydubai captain on the cockpit battle to save his plane",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/blows-kept-coming-i-felt-the-aircraft-going-down-flydubai-captain-on",
        "published": "2026-10-17T17:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "‘That was when the battle for survival began’: flydubai captain recounts cockpit attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/that-was-when-the-battle-for-survival-began-flydubai-captain-recounts",
        "published": "2026-10-17T18:17:43.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}