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Hamdan bin Mohammed visits Fly Dubai pilot: embodied the highest degrees of courage

- Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid, Crown Prince of Dubai, visited on Saturday, Smit Machhar, the pilot of the Fly Dubai flight that was headed to Tel Aviv before its course changed and it landed in Tabuk (northwest Saudi Arabia) on Wednesday. During the visit, Sheikh Hamdan said, "The Fly Dubai pilot..."

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Saturday, 3 October 2026 at 15:46·1 minute read

Hamdan bin Mohammed visits Fly Dubai pilot: embodied the highest degrees of courage

- Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid, Crown Prince of Dubai, visited pilot Samit Machhar of Fly Dubai flight that was headed to Tel Aviv before changing its course and landing in Tabuk (northwest Saudi Arabia) on Wednesday. Sheikh Hamdan said during the visit, "The Fly Dubai pilot...

embodied the highest degrees of courage, responsibility, and concern for people's lives." Sheikh Hamdan added: "He has our appreciation and praise from us and the leadership of the state..

Part of our human experience in the United Arab Emirates.. The General Civil Aviation Authority in the UAE announced on Friday that the Indian pilot, Samit Machhar, who resisted an attack on board the Fly Dubai flight heading to Tel Aviv, returned "safely to the United Arab Emirates, and he is in good condition and receiving necessary treatment."

The UAE Attorney General, Hamad Al-Shamsi, stated that investigations into the events that occurred on board the Fly Dubai flight to Tel Aviv on Wednesday revealed that "the co-pilot was attempting to carry out a terrorist operation."

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