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UAE President confers First Class Order of Zayed II on flydubai Captain Smit Machchhar

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UAE President examines stitches on Smit Machchhar's head during award ceremony
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UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan conferred the First Class Order of Zayed II on Captain Smit Machchhar of flydubai. Hindustan Times reports that the president inspected the stitches on Machchhar's head during the award ceremony and told him 'I want to train you how to fight'. NDTV reports that the president inspected Machchhar's head injury and stitches, and its headline describes the president planning training with him. The articles give no further details of the incident itself.

This continues an earlier story: UAE President honours flydubai captain Smit Machchhar and crew for mid-air heroism

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  1. Hindustan Times

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    Reports that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan conferred the First Class Order of Zayed II on Captain Smit Machchhar, and that the president told him 'I want to train you how to fight' while inspecting his stitches.

  2. NDTV

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    Reports that UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan inspected Smit Machchhar's head injury and stitches, under a headline describing the president's plan to train with the flydubai captain.

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