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Digital Desk | New Delhi, Oct 4 (IANS) Three women journalists have filed complaints against Delhi Police personnel, alleging sexual misconduct while being detained during the protests at Jantar Mantar on Saturday, police said. The police, on Sunday, stated that the complaints have been transferred to the Crime Branch for an impartial inquiry. Protests are being staged at the national capital's Jantar Mantar, despite the imposition of prohibitory orders, to demand the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. In a post on X, Delhi Police said: On 03-10-26, during the protest in New Delhi area, while being in law-and-order situation, allegations of sexual harassment were made by three female journalists against police officers. New Delhi District has received their complaints and the same are transferred to Crime Branch for fair and impartial enquiry, it added. Speaking to IANS, DCP Neha Yadav said: Despite Section 163 of BNSS being imposed in the New Delhi area, AISA and other parties held a protest on October 3 against SIR. The protesters were informed about the prohibitory orders and warned to leave the spot, and when they did not comply, they were detained. At around 6 pm, three women who identified themselves as journalists complained of manhandling by Delhi Police officers and staff during their detention. Their complaints were accepted, and they were medically examined, she said, reiterating that all the complaints have been transferred to the Crime Branch. The senior police officer appealed to anyone having video footage of the alleged incident to share the same with the Crime Branch. Meanwhile, CPI-M, AAP leaders and other organisations, on Sunday, staged a protest outside the Parliament Street Police Station over the allegations made by the journalists. Speaking to IANS, CPI-M leader Brinda Karat said: Why has the FIR not been lodged yet? Referring to the police officer, against whom allegations have been made by the journalists, she said: She (one of the complainants) is giving her statement...it is clear in the video that the ACP is running away. Thieves and robbers run away; a police officer does not run away from his uniform. Why was he running away? Because he is guilty...he is at fault. He is unable to reply because this girl is speaking the truth and he is lying. Delhi AAP President Saurabh Bharadwaj said: Police stations and hospitals are supposed to remain open 24 hours...Just imagine, someone came to file a complaint and seek accountability from them, and they shut down the police station itself. Moreover, they have also closed all the routes leading to the police station. AAP MLA Kuldeep Kumar also questioned the delay in filing an FIR based on the complaints of the journalists. Where has the complaint been taken? No FIR has been registered yet. Registering an FIR is a right, and even the court says that...Will every person have to launch a protest to get justice? What is the Delhi Police doing? he asked while speaking to IANS. Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) co-convener Saurav Das was also present at the protest site.
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Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan slams SIR
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3 women journalists allege sexual harassment by police, Crime Branch launches probe
NEW DELHI: (Oct 4) Three women journalists have alleged sexual harassment by police personnel during a protest in Jantar Mantar on October 3, prompting the Delhi Police to transfer their complaints to the Crime Branch for an impartial enquiry, an officer said on Sunday. The complaints were received by the New Delhi district police []
Delhi: Three women journalists allege sexual harassment during protest, crime branch to probe
The complaints from three women journalists alleging sexual harassment during protests in the national capital have been received, Delhi Police said on Sunday. The complaints have been made against police personnel. On 03-10-26, during the protest in New Delhi area, while being in law and order situation, allegations of sexual harassment were made by three female journalists against police officers. New Delhi District has received their complaints, Delhi Police informed on X. Delhi Police said the complaints are being transferred to the Crime Branch, Kamla Market. Same are transferred to Crime Branch for fair and impartial enquiry, police added. The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday accused Delhi Police of misconduct at Jantar Mantar, alleging that a female journalist was subjected to misbehaviour by a police officer. The protests were being held in the national capital against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. Holding the Home Ministry a...
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Call for Fair Investigation into Flydubai Incident, Says Sadhvi Prachi
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Netanyahu hails Indian pilot Smit Machchhar after foiling flydubai cockpit attack
Netanyahu hails Indian pilot Smit Machchhar after foiling flydubai cockpit attack
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Israel is facing fresh questions over its aviation security procedures after a report said Israeli authorities had received the crew list for Flydubai Flight FZ1073 before the aircraft departed Dubai for Tel Aviv. According to Haaretz, the Israeli Transportation Ministrys security department and Mossad are responsible for vetting non-Israeli flight crews and identifying potential security concerns. The Israel Tax Authority confirmed that it received the crew list, while the Transportation Ministry did not respond to questions about whether it had received the manifest or conducted its own screening. The issue has gained greater significance after the flights Omani co-pilot allegedly attacked Indian captain Smit Machchhar inside the cockpit. Passengers and two off-duty pilots reportedly intervened, helping regain control of the aircraft before it landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. The UAE has since described the incident as an attempted terrorist act. Reports have also raised questions about the co-pilots previous employment history and whether he had earlier faced restrictions over alleged extremist views. One key question is now how the crew member was cleared to operate a flight carrying Israeli passengers into Israel, particularly given the reported restrictions on foreign flight crews. The investigation will need to establish whether relevant information was available to Israeli authorities, whether it was properly assessed, and whether any warning signs were missed before the aircraft took off
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You're a hero: PM Netanyahu invites hero flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar to Israel
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US hails Indian pilot Smit Machchhar for foiling Flydubai terror bid
US hails Indian pilot Smit Machchhar for foiling Flydubai terror bid
KILL ME!: Flydubai Co-Pilots AXE ATTACK On Captain, FULL PLAN To Hijack Plane Revealed
The United Arab Emirates has formally described the dramatic incident aboard a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv as a terrorist act. The UAE Prosecutor General says the co-pilot of Flight FZ1073 attacked the captain with a crash axe inside the cockpit and attempted to take control of the aircraft, potentially putting all 174 people on board in danger. The aircraft reportedly plunged more than 16,000 feet during the confrontation before the wounded captain managed to open the cockpit door. Passengers and crew then intervened, while two off-duty pilots travelling as passengers helped regain control of the aircraft. The Boeing 737 was diverted to Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, where it landed safely. The incident had triggered the 7500 emergency code for unlawful interference, prompting Israel to scramble fighter aircraft. The suspect, reported to be an Omani national, was arrested and transferred to UAE custody. Investigators are examining possible motives, connections to others and physical and digital evidence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the suspect appeared to have undergone Islamist radicalisation, but stressed that it was too early to establish any connection to Iran. The UAE's formal finding establishes how authorities believe the attack unfolded, but the wider investigation into the suspect's motives and possible connections is still continuing.
Does Article 14 Belong in Arbitration? The Pre-Deposit Reference in Santosh Associate
LAST MONTH, the Division Bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Manmohan of the Supreme Court pronounced its judgment in Santosh Associate (P) Ltd. v. Haryana SIIDC Ltd. (2026) in which it made reference to a larger bench the question of whether an arbitration clause that requires a refundable pre-deposit to be made by a claimant as a precondition to arbitration is legally valid. The reference was necessitated by the fact that the Division Bench expressed disagreement with a decision of a full bench (3 judges) of the Supreme Court in S.K. Jain v. State of Haryana (2009), where a similar clause was upheld as valid. The reference is a welcome development inasmuch as it will clear the ambiguity around such pre deposit clauses. However, the earlier line of cases which test the validity of such pre-deposit clauses against constitutional standards in what should be a purely an Arbitration Act and/or private law issue, raises important questions that a larger bench would do well to address. Facts The Appellant held a works contract with HSIIDC awarded through a tender. Clause 25-A(vii) of the contract made the reference to arbitration non-maintainable unless the contractor first furnished a security deposit on a slab basis: 2% for claims below 10,000, 5% up to 1 lakh, and 10% for claims of 1 lakh and above. At the end of the arbitration the deposit was adjusted against any costs awarded against the contractor, and the balance, or the whole sum if no costs were awarded, was refunded within one month of the award. At the threshold, HSIIDC made an application under Section 16 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (Arbitration Act) to the appointed arbitrator challenging his jurisdiction because the pre-deposit had not been made by the Appellant. The Arbitrator ruled in favour of HSIIDC and directed the Appellant to make the deposit, and dismissed the claim when it refused. The Commercial Court, Gurugram dismissed the Appellant's Section 37 appeal, relying on S.K. Jain v. State of Haryana (2009). The Appellant then appealed to the Supreme court. Discussion of Law The Supreme Court in Santosh Associate draws from a line of earlier Supreme Court cases to arrive at its holding and reference to a larger bench. S.K. Jain v. State of Haryana (2009): In this case, a full bench (3 judges) of the Supreme Court had the opportunity to examine a pre-deposit clause similar to one in question in SK Associate . The claimant contractor in a public works contract had to pay a refundable security deposit to the Haryana Government to invoke arbitration under the arbitration clause of the said contract. The Court upheld this pre-deposit condition stating that there was logic in the clause to prevent frivolous and inflated claims. Further, the tiered percentage rates (of the claim) for the pre-deposits were also found to have merit. Notably, while arriving at the judgment, the Court rejected the arguments of unequal bargaining power in commercial contracts citing Central Inland Water Transport Corp. Ltd. v. Brojo Nath Ganguly (1986). It stated that there was no compulsion on anyone to enter into these contracts and that it was voluntary on both sides rejecting allegations of state power. It also rejected arguments on doctrine of fairness (to be undertaken by the State) given it is an administrative law concept and refused to invoke any additional public law standards for the States dealings in the performance of contracts. Icomm Tele Ltd. v. Punjab State Water Supply and Sewerage Board and Anr. (2019): Here, a Division Bench (2 judges) of the Supreme Court through Justice Rohinton Nariman examined the validity of a deposit-at-all condition in the arbitration clause for a public works contract tendered by the Punjab State Water Supply and Sewerage Board. The clause stipulated a 10% deposit to invoke arbitration by the claimant contractor which would be refunded only in proportion to the percentage success of the claim amount. The Court here struck down this deposit-at-call clause. It differentiated the facts from SK Jain . The clause in question in SK Jain stipulated a refundable deposit as opposed to an essentially non-refundable clause in Icomm . Further, there was no plea taken in SK Jain that the arbitration clause was violative of Article 14 of the Constitution. It is interesting that SK Jain rejected the invocation of public law standards for the State in the contractual sphere, but the Court in Icomm seems to have imported Article 14 and public law commitments of the State into the contractual sphere as well. The Court cited ABL International Ltd. v. ECGIL (2004) to hold that the State has the responsibility to act fairly and reasonably in terms of Article 14 even in the contractual sphere. The Court emphasised that arbitration is an important alternate dispute resolution process and must be encouraged given the high pendency of cases in the courts and cost of litigation. It held that the clause as such defeats the very purpose of alternate dispute resolution given that it would discourage claims and render arbitration expensive and ineffective. Lombardi Engineering Ltd. v. Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. (2024): In this case, a full bench of the Supreme Court speaking though Justice JB Pardiwala had the opportunity to examine yet another arbitration pre-deposit clause in a public works contract. The clause stipulated that 7% of the claim amount would need to be furnished as a fixed deposit for security. However, no criteria for eligibility or conditions for refund of the security deposit was mentioned in the clause. Given the ambiguity and vagueness of the clause, the Court struck it down. In doing so, also held the clause as violative of Article 14 of the Constitution. Notably, upon an examination of previous Supreme Court and High Court judgement, the Court also held that there was no conflict between Icomm and SK Jain . The clauses in question in those cases were on a different footing. More interestingly, what the Court picked up on was the observation in Icomm that no plea of Article 14 reasonableness was taken in SK Jain . The Court dedicated a whole section to whether the validity of a pre-deposit condition can be decided on the anvil of Article 14 and be decided in a petition to appoint an arbitrator under Section 11 of the Act. The Court held that a referral court under Section 11(6) can test an arbitration clause against Article 14 since the arbitration agreement sits below the Constitution and the 1996 Act in the grundnorm hierarchy. Party autonomy therefore cannot extend to terms that violate fundamental rights, and a contractor's consent to a pre-deposit clause at the time of contracting does not estop it from challenging that clause. Relying on Olga Tellis v. Bombay Municipal Corpn. (1985) and Basheshar Nath v. CIT (1958), the Court held that the Article 14 right cannot be waived. Discussion in Santosh Associate The starting point of the reasoning of the Court in Santosh Associate was approvingly citing from Justice Hrishikesh Roys opinion in Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE) v. ECI SPIC SMO MCML (JV) (2025) concerning Section 18 of the Arbitration Act which mandates equal treatment of parties across all stages of arbitral proceedings as being mandatory and non-derogable. However, it also cited from the portion of the majority judgment in CORE which cited Lombardi to the extent of holding that party autonomy cannot be stretched to an extent where it violates fundamental rights of parties under the constitution. It found that unlike Lombardi which found no conflict between SK Jain and Icomm , Icomm indeed is in conflict with SK Jain . The Court said Icomm could not have overridden the ratio of SK Jain even though the Court was in prima facie agreement with the reasoning in Icomm . It also held that given judicial discipline, it could not hold SK Jain to be sub silentio or no longer good law. It also cited a Smt. Gangabai v. Vijay Kumar (1974) wherein the supreme court reiterated that the right to sue inheres in every individual and it is no defence to contend that there is no such right. Unlike an appeal, the maintainability of a suit requires no statutory sanction. It also said that such pre-deposit clauses fall foul of Section 28 of the Indian Contract Act, 1972 which voids any contractual stipulation that restrains parties from enforcing contractual rights by the usual proceedings in ordinary tribunals. Having said this, the Court said that it was of the view that an arbitration clause cannot impose pre-deposit conditions so onerous as to render the right to sue illusory or nugatory. A stipulation mandating the deposit of a substantial percentage of claim amount as a precondition to invoking arbitration would inevitably, suppress claims, deter recourse to ADR, and defeat its very object. Consequently, the court framed the following questions for reference to a larger bench: Whether a stipulation requiring the contractor alone to make a pre-deposit of security/fees prior to reference of disputes to arbitration is contrary to Section 18 of the Act, which mandates equal treatment of parties at all stages of arbitration Whether pre-deposit conditions in contracts having an arbitration clause discourage Alternative Dispute Resolution and undermine its objective of declogging the court system? Whether a condition of pre-deposit of security/fees prior to reference to arbitration is arbitrary and violative of the right to sue, as well as Article 14 of the Constitution and Section 28 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872? Whether a requirement of pre-deposit of security/fees has any rational relation to the object of curbing frivolous claims? At that stage it cannot be said that the claims are frivolous, and such claims may in any case be addressed through costs under Section 31(8) of the Act at the conclusion of the arbitral proceedings. Whether a pre-deposit condition is valid in an arbitration case where the deposit is refundable upon the conclusion of the arbitration proceedings? Whether S.K. Jain v. State of Haryana (2009) is a valid and binding precedent? The Supreme Courts Snowballing Doctrinal Confusion The judgment in SK Jain was pronounced in 2009, in the pre-BALCO ( Bharat Aluminium Co. v. Kaiser Aluminium Technical Services Inc. (2012)) era, when courts intervened far more in arbitration-related proceedings. After BALCO, courts have been far more hands-off in dealing with arbitration, and far more attentive to party autonomy and the equality of parties under the Arbitration Act. I postulate that SK Jain would never have upheld such a unilateral pre-deposit clause had BALCO come to pass before it. Even so, what SK Jain did well, even if its conclusion may have been wrong, was to refuse to invoke administrative and public law principles at the stage of arbitration reference. In doing so, it stated that the State is not liable to fulfil its duties in the contractual sphere in the same way it does when carrying out its sovereign and public functions. There is no doubt that the grant of tenders by public authorities can be scrutinised by courts, as it is essentially a public and sovereign function of the State. However, it would be better if the State were treated as any other private party once a public works contract is entered into, and its performance and the disputes arising from it come to be adjudicated, much like SK Jain held. The problem has been that the Supreme Court has since been reading Article 14 reasonableness and administrative law principles into the functioning of essentially private contracts when it ought not to. This is apparent not just from Icomm and Lombardi . In CORE too, where the Supreme Court held unilateral appointments of arbitrators by one disputing party impermissible, the majority opinion said that Article 14 could be read into public-private contracts. Lombardi , Icomm , and CORE invoked Article 14 in the context of arbitration, but the Supreme Court has also been allowing Article 14 to be read into the States contractual dealings more generally as well (See for example, Madras Aluminium Co. Ltd. v. T.N. SEB (2023)). Reading Constitutional Standards into the States Contracts Is Unfair to Everyone The problems with this approach are apparent on the face of it. It is fair neither to the State nor to private parties in general for Article 14 to be read into the States functions in the contractual realm. The State does exercise its commercial weight in all its contracts. It is a monopsony and can extract very favourable terms from contractors, terms which a contractor would not agree to with others in normal market conditions. If Article 14 testing were to be applied, then not only such arbitration clauses but almost every contract of a State body would be susceptible to judicial review. Article 14 invocation will upend government contracting if future judgments continue going down this path. Article 14 then becomes a blunt weapon to attack anything perceived as less than palatable in the States commercial contracts. Commercial contracts should not be interfered with in this manner. The bargain struck by the parties should be upheld. Most of the pre-deposit cases deal with one State party and one private party. What if such a pre-deposit clause were introduced in an arbitration clause between two private parties say, a private contractor and a private owner? Would the court uphold such a clause? Article 14 cannot be invoked against a private party. By giving an Article 14 justification rather than a statutory one, the courts end up creating situations where clauses may be valid not on the basis of what their content is but who the parties are. This persistent widening of constitutional principles to test and challenge anything is akin to using a bazooka to kill a mosquito, when a humble spray would have sufficed. The Solution This view is further elaborated in Justice Hrishikesh Roys dissent in CORE . Agreeing with Justice Narasimha that public law principles evolved in constitutional and administrative law should not generally be imported into arbitration law, he held that equality between the arbitrating parties must be anchored in the framework of the Arbitration Act itself, with the obligations of fair treatment grounded in Sections 12 to 15 and Section 18 of the Act. Importing constitutional principles at the Section 11 stage, in his view, would defeat the very objective of the Arbitration Act and depart from the norm of minimal judicial intervention. The solution here was simple. The humble spray referred to above would have been Section 18 of the Arbitration Act, which mandates equal treatment of parties. Had Section 18 alone been used, such pre-deposit clauses would have been outlawed simpliciter on the basis of the statute, as opposed to the Constitution, which cannot be enforced against private parties and opens a Pandoras box for the State. And even in the contractual sphere, if the fear is that the State will not perform its duties in good faith, instead of reading Article 14 reasonableness, courts can infer duties of good faith in commercial contracts. Although good faith dealing in contract law is not part of common law, following Bates v. Post Office pronounced by the English High Court in 2019, good faith dealings are being read into performance of contracts in relational contracts. Indian courts can certainly create common law for government contract dealing rather than open up avenues for constitutional challenges. The Santosh Associate judgment also refers to Section 28 of the Indian Contract Act (which declares agreements in restraint of legal proceedings void) and the common law right to sue. These are other instruments, short of the Constitution, available to courts to restrict pre-deposit clauses. The resort to Article 14 is, therefore, perplexing. Conclusion The problem with the line of cases relation to arbitration pre-deposits is apparent. To the credit of the bench in Santosh Associate , the precise questions for reference also delineate whether the validity of such pre-deposit clauses should be tested against Article 14. Given the problems delineated above in importing constitutional provisions into the arbitration and private law realm, it is hoped that the larger bench looking into this issue will be open to considering the very doctrinal basis upon which these will be tested to be valid or invalid. Justice Roys and Narasimhas opinions in CORE will be a good starting point for the larger bench, when constituted.
Deadheading pilots save FlyDubai flight after cockpit attack, says passenger
Deadheading pilots save FlyDubai flight after cockpit attack, says passenger
flydubai crew demanded tied-up Omani co-pilot be freed, Israeli passengers claim
flydubai crew demanded tied-up Omani co-pilot be freed, Israeli passengers claim
Mankind Pharma said Capt. Smit Machchhar's courage and leadership during the Flydubai crisis made the country proud, prompting its Rs 1 crore contribution to him and his family.
Alleged FlyDubai attacker was previously identified as security risk, officials say
The co-pilot of the FlyDubai plane who allegedly attacked the plane's captain and attempted to crash a flight bound for Israel on Wednesday is an Omani national who was previously suspended from flying by Oman Air after being identified as a security risk, according to senior intelligence and law enforcement officials. Multiple sources familiar with the investigation identified the suspected attacker as 29-year-old Hamam Al Hammami. The officials told ABC News that Al Hammami, while working as a co-pilot trainee for Oman Air in 2024, was found to be in possession of extremist materials. The suspect was allowed to continue working for the airline in an administrative role, the sources said. United Arab Emirates Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi on Saturday said the aircraft's co-pilot had attempted to carry out a terrorist act and that he began executing his plan during the flight by assaulting the pilot inside the cockpit using a crash axe and attempted to seize control of the aircraft's controls, according to WAM state news agency. This is the first confirmation by UAE authorities that the co-pilot had attacked the captain and identified the weapon used as a crash axe. Previous UAE statements had described the incident as a security incident and said an investigation was underway to determine whether it involved terrorist activity or prior planning. 'The last push, Smit': FlyDubai captain Smit Machchhar recounts harrowing cockpit attack The attorney general stressed that investigations are still ongoing to establish all the circumstances and motives surrounding the incident, as well as any related links. He added that technical examinations and the analysis of physical and digital evidence are also being completed, with the final findings to be announced once the necessary procedures have been concluded. Officials investigating the incident are still trying to determine how the suspected attacker was subsequently permitted to fly for FlyDubai and how he ended up as the first officer in the cockpit of a plane headed for Israel, the sources said. Al Hammami -- who was transferred Thursday from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates -- is said to be cooperating with authorities investigating the incident and has indicated that his intent was to crash the aircraft in Israel, according to sources briefed on the investigation. We recognise that there are many questions at this stage; however, the circumstances surrounding the incident are still under investigation, FlyDubai said in a statement obtained by ABC News on Saturday. We are therefore not in a position to comment further beyond our published statements. We remain fully committed to supporting the ongoing investigation and are in close coordination with the relevant government authorities and regulators. Representatives for Oman Air and the Omani Embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News. FlyDubaiissued a statement earlier Friday, attributed to its chief executive officer, saying that, at the request of the authorities,FlyDubaihad temporarily suspended operations to Tel Aviv until further notice, and saying a full official investigation, led by the relevant authorities and fully supported byflydubai, is underway. A disaster was averted when the flight's captain, Smit Machchhar, fought back and a number of passengers subdued and restrained the attacker, who had sent the plane into a rapid dive . Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images - PHOTO: A flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft prepares for landing at Israel's Ben Gurion Airport in Lod, Sept. 30, 2026. One of the passengers, Israeli plumber Yaniv Hayoun, said he pulled back on the controls to steady the plane until a third pilot, who was traveling in the passenger cabin, took over. The flight eventually landed safely in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. One of the passengers who ran to the front of the plane, Dr. Shota Musaev, told ABC News in an interview this week that the attacker -- who was bloodied and restrained on the floor outside the cockpit -- told him he was from Oman. Musaev said that at one point the suspect asked Musaev to kill him. He said, 'Kill me please, kill me please,' Musaev said. Israeli officials are expected to be on the ground and involved in the questioning of Al Hammami, sources said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said that the suspected attacker, who he didn't name, had undergone Islamist radicalization. He came to crash the plane with all passengers on board, Netanyahu said in a video released by his office. We are investigating whether he was sent, and whoever sent him will pay a very heavy price. Netanyahu also again heaped praise on Hayoun and the other heroic passengers for preventing a tragedy like 9/11. A threadbare internet biography page believed to belong to the suspect indicated that he had studied aviation management at a British university and engineering at an Australian university. A source at the Buckinghamshire New University confirmed that Al Hammami completed a three-year distance-learning course and graduated with a degree in aviation management in 2023. The source stressed that Al Hammami did not take any pilot training at the school. Royal Air Maroc -- Morocco's national carrier --confirmed to ABC News that Al Hammami completed a three-month theoretical training period with the airline in 2025 as part of its pre-employment process. At the end of the training, he was not selected for employment, the airline confirmed, but it wouldn't say why. A representative for the school in Australia declined to comment and referred an inquiry from ABC News to the Australian federal police. - ABC News' Dragana Jovanovic contributed to this report. This story has been updated. This article originally appeared on ABC News at https://abcnews.com/US/suspect-flydubai-incident-previously-identified-security-risk-officials/story?id=136960488
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Bollywood celebrities praise flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar
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Bollywood celebrities have praised flydubai Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his actions during a mid-air emergency on Flight FZ1073 on September 30, with actors Randeep Hooda, Kriti Sanon, Rashmika Mandanna and Shah Rukh Khan praising his courage and wishing him a speedy recovery. Randeep Hooda hailed Captain Smit Machchhar's courage during the mid-flight attack by his co-pilot, which caused the aircraft to plunge roughly 16,000 feet within two minutes as an emergency hijacking alert was issued. Sharing a story on his Instagram handle, Randeep Hooda wrote, A salute to Captain Smit Machchhar. When lives were at stake, his courage, presence of mind and sense of duty stood tall. Pride of India. Wishing him a speedy recovery. Respect. Courage. Duty. Kriti Sanon also praised the Indian pilot Smit Machchhar for his courage and wished him a speedy recovery. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's when you realise something else is more important than fear and push through. Sal...
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Omani co-pilot named in flydubai cockpit attack on Indian captain
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flydubai incident a 'terrorist attack', says UAE; says co-pilot used crash axe
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Dubai's Crown Prince Hamdan bin Mohammed meets flydubai hero pilot Captain Smit Machchhar
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Highest degrees of courage: Dubai crown prince meets hero flydubai pilot
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UAE Declares Mid-Air Flydubai Attack an Act of Terror, Co-Pilot Used Cockpit Crash Axe
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While Captain Smit Machchhar recovers from the attack, his wifes calm response to neighbours messages has highlighted the strength of families who wait, worry and pray for their loved ones to return home.
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IAF Chief AP Singh Praises Hero Pilot Captain Smit Machhar for Saving 174 Lives on Flydubai Flight
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FlyDubai Co-Pilot Used Crash Ax in
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India Beat Pakistan By 19 Runs To Complete Asian Games Cricket Gold Double
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The 11th annual general meeting of the Asset Recovery Interagency Network took place in New Delhi. Key topics included tracing illicit assets, confiscation, and asset management strategies. India shared its experiences in asset restoration under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The presidency was handed over to Singapore for the upcoming year, emphasizing the importance of trust in collaborations.
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Safeguarding The Fundamentals Of Arrest
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Who pays? Understanding climate justice ahead of COP31
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UP crime crackdown: 303 killed in police encounters, 23,601 wanted arrested in 9.5 years
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Mumbai Crime Branch Interrogates Professor in IIT Bombay Student Suicide Case
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Foreign Journalists Seeking U.S. Visas Face New Social Media Screening
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We Are Watching Your Back: Piyush Goyal Assures Indian Diaspora In U.S.
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If you follow health and longevity trends, you are likely to have run across NAD+ or Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, which is a fundamental coenzyme found in every single living cell. You can visualize it as an essential worker for the cellular powerhouses (mitochondria). It helps convert nutrients from food into usable cellular energy and plays a vital role in cellular repair and defense. As we age, our natural levels of NAD+ decline.
