UAE Confers Order of Zayed II on Indian Pilot and Flydubai Crew for Courage During Mid-Air Attack
The United Arab Emirates has conferred the First Class Order of Zayed II on Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar and his fellow Flydubai ...
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Who is Hamam al-Hammami? The Omani co-pilot at the centre of the flydubai attack, and the Syria question
The co-pilot suspected of stabbing the captain of flydubai flight FZ1073 is an Omani national named Hamam al-Hammami, according to three people with ...
How did a wounded Captain Smit Machchhar open the FZ1073 cockpit door?
The most-asked question about Flydubai flight FZ1073 is how a stabbed captain got a reinforced cockpit door open. The airline has not yet ...
Ashoka Chakra for Captain Smit? The Neerja Bhanot parallel, explained
Captain Smit Machchhar is still recovering from a cockpit attack, and India is already asking whether he should get its highest peacetime gallantry ...
Smit Machchhar: The ‘Hero’ Who Opened the Door
Before the headlines, Smit Machchhar was a Mumbai kid on a fairly ordinary track. He grew up in Ghatkopar and studied in Mumbai, ...
