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‘You can't die like this’: flydubai pilot recalls attack in first interview
The Straits Times and Times of Israel describe the same event in different terms.
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As of October 17, 2026 at 8:34 PM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedIndian pilot Smit Machchhar recounted the “traumatic” experience to Sky News Arabia in his first interview since the incident.
The headline splitThe Straits Times frames it as "‘You can't die like this’: flydubai pilot recalls attack in first interview". Times of India frames it as "'Do something. You can’t die like this': flydubai pilot Capt Smit Machchar recounts cockp...".
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Center‘You can't die like this’: flydubai pilot recalls attack in first interview
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Flydubai captain recalls struggle to open cockpit door during attempted terror attack
Indian pilot Smit Machchhar says he kept thinking to himself, 'you can't die like this,' as he struggled to alert others that he was being attacked with an axe by his Omani copilot
