Flydubai
- Middle East
At least 15 airlines cancel flights to Saudi amid Houthi attacks
Hyderabad: At least 15 airlines, including four Indian carriers, have cancelled or suspended flights to Saudi Arabia after a series of Houthi attacks shut Riyadh’s main airport. King Khalid International Airport has been…
- Middle East
Israel President calls Indian pilot a hero of humanity
New Delhi: Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Saturday wrote to brave Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, likening his heroics to those of the Indian troops who risked their lives over a century…
- India
Captain Machchar given Israel’s highest bravery award for civilians
Tel Aviv: Indian Captain Smit Machchhar, who fought off an attack from his co-pilot inside the cockpit of a flydubai plane, will receive Israel’s highest bravery award for civilians, President Isaac Herzog…
- World
Trump claims Iran behind flydubai attack
Washington: US President Donald Trump said that he personally believes Iran was responsible for the attempted attack on a FlyDubai flight, even as Vice President JD Vance said he had not seen…
- Middle East
Israel had details of flyDubai pilot before attack, failed to flag
Tel Aviv: Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) shared a list of passengers and crew with Israel ahead of the flyDubai flight on which a pilot attempted to seize control of…
- World
Netanyahu invites Machchar, Modi to Israel’s Independence Day
Dubai: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Indian pilot Smit Machchhar a “hero of the entire world” for foiling an alleged attempt by the co-pilot to crash an Israel-bound flight, as…
- Middle East
Injured flydubai pilot recounts fight to regain cockpit control
Jerusalem: Captain Smit Machchhar, the pilot who fought off an alleged attempt to seize control of a flydubai aircraft bound for Israel, has recounted the terrifying moments inside the cockpit when he…
- World
Israeli PM Netanyahu speaks to Indian pilot Smit Machchhar
Cairo: In a phone call with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, October 3, Capt. Smit Machchhar told him that before the attack the co-pilot wanted to pray and out of…
- Bollywood
Shah Rukh Khan lauds Flydubai captain: Country is proud of you
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan lauded Captain Smit Machchhar for his courage and presence of mind that ended up saving many lives during the horrific mid-air incident aboard a Flydubai flight.…
- Middle East
Dubai Crown Prince visits Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar
Abu Dhabi: Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited injured Indian flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, October 3, and praised his actions…
- Middle East
Injured Indian flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar ‘recovering well’
Abu Dhabi: Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar is recovering well and remains under medical care after being injured in an attack aboard a flydubai flight, the Embassy of India in the UAE…
- Middle East
Flydubai co-pilot used crash axe: UAE probes ‘terrorist act’
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) said on Saturday, October 3, that investigations into the incident aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 found that the co-pilot had attempted to carry out a “terrorist…
- Bollywood
Salman Khan salutes Captain Smit Machchhar for heroic act
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has lauded Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his courage and presence of mind during the terrifying mid-air incident aboard a Flydubai flight. He said it would…
- Middle East
flydubai attacker identified as Omani co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami
Muscat: An Omani citizen, Hamam al-Hammami, has been identified as the flydubai co-pilot who attacked Indian Captain Smit Machchhar and allegedly attempted to sabotage a Dubai-Tel Aviv flight on Wednesday, September 30,…
- Middle East
First Israeli repatriation flight from Dubai lands in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv: The first special flight carrying Israelis stranded in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) arrived in Tel Aviv early Saturday, October 3, following the suspension of commercial flights between the UAE…
