{
  "id": 5219179,
  "title": "Fighter pilot Abhinandan who crashed in Pakistan and shot down F-16 quits Indian Air Force, joins private airline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/fighter-pilot-abhinandan-who-crashed-in-pakistan-and-shot-down-f-16",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T00:56:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fighter-pilot-abhinandan-varthaman-who-crashed-in-pakistan-shot-down-f-16-quits-iaf-joins-private-airline-101788396217857.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Abhinandan Varthaman left the IAF on March 31 and later joined Fly91, a regional carrier.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "From Downing A Pakistani Jet To Flying Passengers: Former Indian Air Force Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman Joins FLY91",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/from-downing-a-pakistani-jet-to-flying-passengers-former-indian-air",
        "published": "2026-09-02T17:56:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Former Indian Air Force Group Captain Abhinandan Varthaman joins regional airline FLY91 as pilot",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/former-indian-air-force-group-captain-abhinandan-varthaman-joins",
        "published": "2026-09-03T02:38:46.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}