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Flydubai pilot praised for courage during dangerous act

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Oct 01 18:26
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Who covered it

PublisherArticles
gulfnews.com12
www.khaleejtimes.com8
thefederal.com3
www.thenationalnews.com2
gulfhindi.com2
www.wam.ae1
socialkandura.com1

Articles

When (UTC)HeadlinePublisher
10-09 22:09flydubai incident: Mystery behind pilot who landed flight in Saudi Arabia unravelledgulfnews.com
10-09 21:05flydubai probe: Co-pilot worked for 3 airlines before alleged attack plotgulfnews.com
10-09 09:49Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar to receive Israel’s top civilian honourgulfnews.com
10-08 09:32Capt. Smit Machchhar, flydubai hero pilot, was always 'two steps' ahead: ex-colleaguegulfnews.com
10-05 03:40Investigators probe Omani pilot's alleged plot to crash flydubai jet into Tel Avivgulfhindi.com
10-04 20:21Abu Dhabi's BAPS Hindu Mandir prays for flydubai hero pilot Captain Smit Machchhargulfnews.com
10-04 14:02Captain Smit Machchhar: Sheikh Hamdan Honours flydubai Pilotsocialkandura.com
10-04 10:50Ajay Devgn calls flydubai captain Smit Machchhar 'a hero in every sense'gulfnews.com
10-04 05:27First blow, blurred vision and ‘one last fight’: flydubai pilot reveals how cockpit attack begangulfnews.com
10-04 03:48‘Blow to back of head’, ‘fought with blurry vision': Machchhar recalls flydubai cockpit attackthefederal.com
10-04 03:40Indian Pilot Smit Machchhar Hailed as Hero After Neutralizing Mid-Air Cockpit Attackgulfhindi.com
10-04 02:00'Couldn't sleep all night': Captain Smit Machchhar's family recounts flydubai ordealwww.khaleejtimes.com
10-03 23:07Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu invites flydubai pilot who averted mid-air crisis to Israelgulfnews.com
10-03 18:38'True display of courage': Shah Rukh, Salman Khan laud flydubai pilot Smit Machchharwww.khaleejtimes.com
10-03 16:49Hamdan bin Mohammed visits flydubai pilot and praises his couragewww.wam.ae
10-03 15:30Mystery persists over identities of pilots who helped save FlyDubai flightthefederal.com
10-03 15:10Sheikh Hamdan visits flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar, praises his couragegulfnews.com
10-03 15:10Sheikh Hamdan visits flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar, praises his couragegulfnews.com
10-03 11:32'Part of our team': Sheikh Hamdan hails flydubai pilot after hospital visit | The Nationalwww.thenationalnews.com
10-03 10:40UAE says flydubai co-pilot attempted ‘terrorist act’ on Israel-bound flightgulfnews.com
10-03 09:09Flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar's father-in-law says 'global leaders standing with us'www.khaleejtimes.com
10-03 06:30Co-pilot on flydubai flight 'attempted to carry out terrorist act', UAE's attorney general says | The Nationalwww.thenationalnews.com
10-03 06:27UAE investigation finds flydubai co-pilot tried to carry out terror attackwww.khaleejtimes.com
10-02 16:54Flydubai incident: GCAA reserves comment on claims, praises pilot for quick responsewww.khaleejtimes.com
10-02 13:32flydubai pilot to Modi: ‘I was fighting for my life, but determined not to let others die’thefederal.com
10-02 13:18UAE diplomat Gargash praises flydubai pilot for courage during 'dangerous terrorist act'www.khaleejtimes.com
10-02 12:36flydubai pilot reveals what happened in cockpit: ‘I couldn’t let everybody else die’gulfnews.com
10-02 09:49flydubai pilot back in UAE after mid-air incidentwww.khaleejtimes.com
10-01 18:26Initial probe indicates flydubai pilot was assaulted by co-pilot: Saudi ministrywww.khaleejtimes.com

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