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India Today reported that an Omani flydubai co-pilot was named in connection with an alleged attack in the cockpit against an Indian captain.

According to India Today, the co-pilot was identified as Hamam al-Hammami. The report links his name to the incident reported in the cockpit of a flydubai flight.

The captain named in the report is Smit Machchhar, whom India Today presented as the Indian captain involved in the reported incident.

The available account does not specify when the incident allegedly occurred or where. This information is not provided in the material supplied by India Today.

It also remains to be clarified whether the reported attack has received official confirmation. The available material does not provide independent verification or an official statement on this point.

For now, the central element of the report is therefore the identification attributed by India Today of the Omani co-pilot and the Indian captain in connection with the reported incident.

The picture remains limited to the publication’s account: the documentation provided contains no further independent confirmation of the incident.