Crossfiled13 outlets · filed 30 September 2026
‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attack
Smit Machchhar says in video call with Indian PM that he realised if he did not get up ‘passengers would lose their lives’ The Indian pilot who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv said his faith and his desire to save his passengers allowed him to make a “last pu
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What the coverage shows
All three outlets cover Netanyahu’s remarks about the FlyDubai incident and the emergency landing, with South China Morning Post and Axios both highlighting his praise for the Indian pilot. Axios is alone in foregrounding Netanyahu’s “9/11 disaster” line and saying he revealed new details, while CBS News is alone in leading with his comment that he did not think it was a hijacking.
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