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Jewish News 24 · Oct 18, 2026

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In the first interviews from his hospital bed, Flydubai captain Smit Machchhar described the terrifying moments when his Omani co-pilot, Hamam al-Hammami, attacked him during a flight to Israel, leaving him seriously injured and threatening the safety of everyone aboard. In the interviews, published Saturday by the Emirati newspaper The National and Sky News Arabia, Machchhar recalled struggling to remain conscious, attempting to reach the cockpit door and fearing the aircraft would crash as its engines slowed and its nose began to descend. https://youtu.be/1MsLWFqaJmk
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