Israel to honour flydubai's Indian pilot Smit Machchhar with civilian heroism award

Smit Machchhar, the Indian captain allegedly stabbed by his co-pilot on a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv last month, will receive Israel’s Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism for his “sheer bravery and sound professionalism” in averting a catastrophe, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Thursday. “Captain Machchhar’s sheer bravery and sound professionalism helped avert a catastrophe.

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