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Indian airline captain
Smit Machchhar is an Indian commercial pilot who, while working as the captain of Flydubai Flight 1073, was attacked by first officer Hamam al-Hammami in the cockpit who attempted to hijack the plane. 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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Capital city of the United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District and the UAE's second-most populous city, after Dubai. Situated on a T-shaped island, Abu Dhabi extends into the Persian Gulf from the central-western coast of the UAE.
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