Gandhinagar, Oct. 1 -- The Gujarat government will honour pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian national who displayed extraordinary courage during Tel Aviv-bound flight and saved hundreds of life.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said that the state government will honour the pilot with 'Visisht Gujarat Garima Award' for his bravery and courage in saving the lives of 174 passengers during an attack on the plane that was on its way from Dubai to Tel Aviv.

The Chief Minister said Machchhar's courage was being saluted across the world and praised his efforts to save the passengers despite being injured in the attack.

"The courage of Captain Smit Machchhar, the pilot of the flight headed to Israel, is being saluted by the entire ...