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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Indian flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar to Israel as a guest of honor on October 3, 2026. Netanyahu praised the captain for his heroic actions in saving a Tel Aviv-bound flight after being attacked by an axe-wielding co-pilot. The UAE investigators have reported that the attack was premeditated by the co-pilot who asked to pray before attacking Captain Machchhar. Netanyahu also extended an invitation to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a national ceremony next May to commemorate Israel’s Independence Day.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-03,
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 signaled an emergency shortly after takeoff while flying over Jordan, prompting concerns of potential hijacking. The plane transmitted multiple distress signals before diverting to land in Tabuk, a civilian and military base in Saudi Arabia. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held consultations over the incident as the Israeli Air Force scrambled fighter jets due to security fears involving 150 passengers, mostly Israelis. Initially suspected to be a hijack attempt, Israeli officials later reported that the emergency signals were issued following a physical altercation between the plane’s two pilots, and confirmed all on board were safe.
Written for “Israel Bound Flight Diverted” on 2026-10-07,
grounded in this article and the 333 other(s) covering the same event.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday (October 3, 2026) invited to Israel as a guest of honour the Indian captain of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight who offered a dramatic account of how he saved the plane after being attacked.
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he → invite → plane
Mr. Netanyahu said he wanted Captain Smit Machchhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of Israel’s key international partners, to light a flame at a national ceremony for Israel’s Independence Day next May, saying the role was usually reserved for Israeli citizens.
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role → say → citizens
“You are a true hero of the brave peoples of India and Israel and you are a hero of the entire world,” Mr. Netanyahu said in a video his office released of his telephone conversation with the hospitalised captain.
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office → say → captain
UAE investigators have said that the co-pilot planned the “terrorist act” by attacking Mr. Machchhar with an axe.
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pilot → say → axe
Asked how the attack unfolded, Mr. Machchhar said the co-pilot had asked to take time to pray, as devout Muslims do five times a day.
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Muslims → ask → time
“A lot of locals, they do pray, which is not out of the ordinary.
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which → pray → ordinary
While he was praying, out of respect, I was just looking at the front and not at the back,” Mr. Machchhar said.
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Machchhar → pray → back
“Suddenly after I think I would say about four to five minutes, there was a big blow to the back of my head.
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I → think → head
My first thought was that there was catastrophic damage to the aircraft and something is not right.
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something → be → aircraft
“But then after that the blows kept coming one after the other.
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blows → keep → other
That’s when I realised that it’s not the aircraft, it’s the other guy who was in the cockpit with me.”
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who → ’ → me
While saying his memory was not entirely clear due to his injury, Mr. Machchhar said he managed to pull open the cockpit door “but I think he shut it back closed.”
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he → say → it
“I had that one last fight left in me,” Mr.Machchhar explained, saying he knew he faced certain death if not.
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he → have → death
“That’s when I pushed against everything.
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I → ’ → everything
I gave everything that I had and just went for the door and opened the door and thankfully people were waiting.”
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people → give → door
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