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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with an Indian pilot named Captain Smit Machchhar on Wednesday evening and praised him for his bravery during a stabbing incident aboard a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Despite being seriously injured, Machchhar managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers and crew to subdue the attacker and save all 174 people on board. Netanyahu expressed hope for the pilot’s recovery and called him a hero, while critics like opposition leader Yair Lapid criticized the meeting as political opportunism ahead of upcoming elections.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-30,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On September 30, 2026, a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv signalled an emergency over Jordanian airspace, turning around shortly after and landing at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia. The plane, carrying approximately 150 passengers mostly Israeli citizens, transmitted distress signals indicating possible unlawful interference but was later found safe with no hijacking involved. Instead, the situation stemmed from a physical altercation between the pilots. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held urgent consultations and the Israeli Air Force scrambled fighter jets in response to initial fears of a hijack attempt.
Written for “Israel Bound Flight Diverts Due to Co…” on 2026-10-04,
grounded in this article and the 282 other(s) covering the same event.
Netanyahu meets Flydubai passenger who helped subdue pilot in stabbing attack
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked an Indian pilot, who was stabbed by a co-pilot, for saving 174 people on board the Flydubai Dubai-Tel Aviv flight that made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia.
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“My salute to the Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his extraordinary bravery,” Netanyahu wrote on his official X account on Wednesday evening.
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He said that despite being stabbed and seriously injured, Machchhar “fought back, resisted, opened the cockpit door, and enabled passengers and crew to overpower the attacker – preventing a catastrophic mid-air disaster”.
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“He saved the lives of 174 people, including Israeli citizens and other nationals,” Netanyahu said, adding that he wished the pilot “a speedy and full recovery”.
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“He is a true hero,” Netanyahu said.
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The co-pilot of the flight, who is accused of stabbing Machchhar in an alleged attempt to take control of the aircraft, remains unidentified, but Netanyahu said he was arrested after the plane landed in Saudi Arabia.
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Emergency alert
Flydubai flight FZ1073 transmitted an emergency alert shortly after takeoff from Dubai on Wednesday morning, making an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia’s Tabuk airport with all passengers safe and accounted for, according to the airline.
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Flight-tracking data from the Flightradar24 website indicated the flight was a Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.
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A rescue flight – operated by Flydubai – flew all passengers from Tabuk to their final destination, Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport at 15:34 GMT.
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They were received at the airport by Netanyahu, in a display the Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called “cheap politics”, in the run-up to this month’s elections.
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