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Captain Smit Machchhar person

Named in 21 reports across 2 stories - 30 Sept – 20 Oct
30 Sept 202620 Oct 2026

The record - coverage naming Captain Smit Machchhar that changed after publication

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  1. Al Jazeera Englishseen 3 Oct, 05:00headline rewrittenthe story

    Netanyahu praises stabbed Indian pilot for saving lives on Flydubai flightNetanyahu calls stabbed Indian pilot a hero; Flydubai halts Israel flights

  2. NYT Worldseen 1 Oct, 16:43description editedthe story
  3. ABC News (Australia)seen 1 Oct, 16:43headline rewrittenthe story

    Pilot's prophetic words one year before stabbingStabbed pilot's prophetic words less than a year before attack

The web around Captain Smit Machchhar

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Captain Smit Machchhar. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Captain Smit Machchhar.

Flydubai and Netanyahu share 3 reportsSaudi Arabia and Tabuk share 3 reportsFlydubai and Narendra Modi share 2 reportsIndia and Tel Aviv share 1 reportIndia and Narendra Modi share 1 reportFlydubai and India share 1 reportDubai-Tel Aviv and Flydubai share 1 reportSmit Machchhar and Tabuk share 1 reportDubai-Tel Aviv and Netanyahu share 1 reportSaudi Arabia and Smit Machchhar share 1 reportIndia and Tabuk share 1 reportTabuk and Tel Aviv share 1 reportFlydubai and Smit Machchhar share 1 reportIndia and Saudi Arabia share 1 reportSaudi Arabia and Tel Aviv share 1 reportCaptain Smit MachchharFlydubaiFlydubai - 10 shared reports (organization)NetanyahuNetanyahu - 3 shared reports (person)Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - 3 shared reports (place)TabukTabuk - 3 shared reports (place)Capt Smit M…Capt Smit Machchhar - 2 shared reports (person)Dubai-Tel AvivDubai-Tel Aviv - 2 shared reports (place)IndiaIndia - 2 shared reports (place)Narendra Mo…Narendra Modi - 2 shared reports (person)Smit Machch…Smit Machchhar - 2 shared reports (person)Tel AvivTel Aviv - 2 shared reports (place)

The stories

Hijack scare on Tel Aviv-Dubai flight; plane carrying around 180 diverted to Saudi Arabia

107 outlets4 reports name Captain Smit Machchhar30 Sept – 20 Oct

Captain Machchhar: The Mumbai pilot who emerged as the hero of flydubai flight

55 outlets17 reports name Captain Smit Machchhar30 Sept – 22 Oct

People they appear with

Netanyahu3Capt Smit Machchhar2Narendra Modi2Smit Machchhar2Captain Machchhar1Capt. Smit Machchhar1Co-pilot1

Places in the same coverage

Saudi Arabia3Tabuk3Dubai-Tel Aviv2India2Tel Aviv2UAE2Abu Dhabi1Abu Dhabi hospital1Dubai1

Organisations in the same coverage

Flydubai10AP1Ashok Chakra1Doctors1

Who keeps naming them

Times of India10Google News - Top Stories4South China Morning Post2ABC News (Australia)2NYT World1Al Jazeera English1DW Top Stories1

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