India, Oct. 9 -- Indian Captain Smit Machchhar, who fought off an attack by his co-pilot inside the cockpit of a flydubai aircraft, will receive Israel's highest civilian bravery award, President Isaac Herzog has announced.

Herzog made the announcement on Thursday while presenting the Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism to six people who were aboard a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on September 30, 2026.

"Alongside the Israeli heroes whom we honour today, we send our heartfelt wishes for the full and speedy recovery of Captain Smit Machchhar of India," Herzog said during the ceremony at the President's Residence in Jerusalem.

Machchhar's "sheer courage and bravery and sound professionalism helped avert this catastrophe", Herzog said...