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Flydubai pilot awarded bravery medal after co-pilot attacked him with crash axe mid-flight

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Flydubai pilot awarded bravery medal after co-pilot attacked him with crash axe mid-flight

Captain Smit Machchhar was severely wounded when Hamam al-Hammami, 29, allegedly hit him on the head with a crash axe and tried to take control of a plane flying from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

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