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A special cover to honour Captain 👩✈️ Smit Machchhar

A special cover to honour Captain 👩✈️ Smit Machchhar

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Saluting Exceptional Valour and selfless devotion to duty

A special cover to honour Captain 👩✈️ Smit Machchhar who risked his life to save 175 passengers on FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 on 30-9-2026

Special cover issued by India Post, Thiruvananthapuram on 9-10-2026

Captain Smit Machchhar, on 30.09.2026 piloting FlyDubai Flight FZ1073 with more than 175 people onboard, demonstrated exceptional courage and presence of mind when he was attacked by his co-pilot during the flight. Despite sustaining serious injuries, he managed to raise the alarm and open the locked cockpit door, enabling others to intervene and avert a potential disaster mid-air, ensuring the safety of passengers on board. India Post is proud to commemorate the courage and selfless devotion to duty shown by Captain Smit Machchhar by releasing this special cover on 09.10.2026.

Special cover with matching stamp of air force set of stamps issued in 2007. 
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