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Al Jazeera reports Flydubai pilot described an attack

The Newsfeed item says the pilot is being hailed as a “national hero”, but supplies no details about the attack or the circumstances of the praise.

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Adrian Cole
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Source: Al Jazeera Global News · View original source
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An Al Jazeera Newsfeed item published on 2 October reports that a Flydubai pilot described an attack and is being hailed as a “national hero”.

The supplied text repeats the headline but gives no account of what happened. It does not specify the attack’s location, timing, nature, target or consequences.

The pilot is not named, and the item’s supplied text does not identify who called the pilot a “national hero” or explain the circumstances of the praise.

Separate reports about US military deployments near Iran provide no established connection to the pilot or the attack.

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