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American daily newspaper
The New York Times (NYT) is a newspaper based in Manhattan, New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces and reviews. One of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the Times serves as one of the country's newspapers of record. As of June 2026, The New York Times had 13.35 million total subscribers: 550,000 print and 12.8 million digital, both the highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States by a significant margin. The New York Times is published by the New York Times Company.
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Indian airline captain
Smit Machchhar is an Indian commercial pilot who, while serving as the captain of Flydubai Flight 1073, was attacked by first officer Hamam al-Hammami in the cockpit. Machchhar received life-threatening injuries in the attack, but managed to open the cockpit door from the inside, allowing crew and passengers to intervene and subdue the attacker. The airplane then safely made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, with no fatalities.
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Airline of the United Arab Emirates
Dubai Aviation Corporation, doing business as Flydubai, is an Emirati government-owned airline based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The airline mainly operates out of Terminal 2 at Dubai International Airport, though some flights operate from Terminal 3. The airline operates a total of 131 destinations, serving the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Europe from Dubai. The company slogan is "Get Going".
More on Wikipedia ↗The man accused of trying to take over the Israel-bound jet is named as Hamam al-Hammami by several media outlets.
Pilot Smit Machchhar explained how he had managed to wrench open the cockpit door while being hacked with an ax.
Twenty-five years after 9/11, the world may have narrowly escaped another aviation catastrophe — this time involving an Indian pilot, an Israel-bound aircraft and an alleged attack inside the cockpit.