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Raja Krishnamoorthi will honor Captain Smit Machchhar in the Congressional Record for helping avert a Flydubai disaster and save 172 people aboard.
In a statement entered into the Congressional Record on October 9, Krishnamoorthi recognised Machchhar's actions during the September 30 incident on the Dubai-to-Tel Aviv flight
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Saturday (local time) praised Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his courage in averting a potential catastrophe aboard a flydubai flight on September 30 and announced that he would confer Israel’s Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism on him following his recovery.