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title: "Netanyahu invites Indian flydubai pilot to Israel after incident"
description: "Both outlets reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot of a flydubai flight, to Israel as a guest of honor, highlighting his role in preventing a potential disaster. Arab News Pakistan described the pilot as a “true hero” and mentioned the invitation, while 24 News HD added that the pilot provided a dramatic account of saving the plane after it was attacked. Both headlines used similar phrasing, but 24 News HD included more detail about the incident."
url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/12182-netanyahu-invites-true-hero-indian-flydubai-captain
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# Netanyahu invites Indian flydubai pilot to Israel after incident

world · updated 4 Oct 2026, 1:30 AM PKT · 4 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invited Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot of a flydubai flight, to Israel as a guest of honor, highlighting his role in preventing a potential disaster. Arab News Pakistan described the pilot as a “true hero” and mentioned the invitation, while 24 News HD added that the pilot provided a dramatic account of saving the plane after it was attacked. Both headlines used similar phrasing, but 24 News HD included more detail about the incident.

## Same story from 2 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **24 News HD** — [Netanyahu invites 'true hero' Indian flydubai captain to Israel](https://www.24newshd.tv/04-Oct-2026/netanyahu-invites-true-hero-indian-flydubai-captain-israel) · 4 Oct 2026, 1:30 AM PKT
  > Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday invited to Israel as a guest of honour the Indian captain of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight who offered a dramatic account of how he saved the plane after being attacked.
- **Arab News Pakistan** — [Netanyahu invites ‘true hero’ Indian FlyDubai captain to Israel](https://www.arabnews.pk/middle-east/netanyahu-invites-true-hero-indian-flydubai-captain-to-israel-3003097) · 4 Oct 2026, 12:14 AM PKT · 94% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has extended an invitation to Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot of a flydubai flight, acknowledging his heroism after preventing a potential disaster. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also invited to the ceremony.

2 articles from 2 outlets, 4 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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