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Israeli Consulate Honors Captain Smit Machchhar for Heroic Act on flydubai Flight
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Moneycontrol•03-10-2026, 09:37
Israeli Consulate Honors Captain Smit Machchhar for Heroic Act on flydubai Flight
- •The Consulate General of Israel in Mumbai installed a billboard honoring flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for preventing a potential crash of an Israel-bound flight.
- •Israel Consul General Yaniv Revach praised Captain Machchhar on X, calling him a hero and expressing gratitude for his actions.
- •The billboard displayed the message: ‘Thank you Captain Smit for saving lives. We wish you a speedy recovery.’
- •The incident occurred on flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv, which made a sudden 17,000-foot descent before being diverted to Prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz Airport.
- •Videos showed Captain Machchhar injured, covered in blood, and wearing an oxygen mask inside the aircraft after the incident.
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The Israeli Consulate in Mumbai installed the billboard to honour flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for preventing his co-pilot from crashing an Israel-bound flight and saving lives.
Flydubai flight FZ1073 sent emergency signals, made a sudden descent of over 17,000 feet from 34,000 feet, and was subsequently diverted to Prince Sultan Bin Abdel Aziz Airport in Saudi Arabia's Tabuk.
The billboard carried the message thanking Captain Smit for saving lives and wishing him a speedy recovery, while Israel Consul General Yaniv Revach stated that Israel will never forget his name.
