Honoring Captain Smit Machchhar and the crew and passengers of Flydubai Flight 1073, and condemning the attempted terrorist attack on that flight.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1612 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1612

Honoring Captain Smit Machchhar and the crew and passengers of Flydubai 
  Flight 1073, and condemning the attempted terrorist attack on that 
                                flight.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 5, 2026

 Mr. Gottheimer (for himself, Mr. McCaul, and Mr. Bacon) submitted the 
 following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign 
                                Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Honoring Captain Smit Machchhar and the crew and passengers of Flydubai 
  Flight 1073, and condemning the attempted terrorist attack on that 
                                flight.

Whereas, on September 30, 2026, Flydubai Flight 1073 departed Dubai 
        International Airport for Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, 
        carrying approximately 174 passengers, the majority of them Israeli 
        citizens, including 4 United States citizens and 27 children;
Whereas, midway through the flight, the first officer attacked the captain on 
        the flight deck with the aircraft's emergency crash axe and attempted to 
        seize the flight controls, and the aircraft lost more than 14,000 feet 
        of altitude in under 30 seconds;
Whereas Captain Smit Machchhar, a citizen of India, fought off the attack and, 
        despite grave injuries, used his remaining strength to unlock the 
        cockpit door so that off-duty pilots could enter and land the aircraft 
        and so that crew and passengers could restrain the first officer;
Whereas the aircraft landed safely at Tabuk Airport in Saudi Arabia with all 
        passengers and crew accounted for; and
Whereas, on October 3, 2026, the Attorney General of the United Arab Emirates 
        announced that the Emirati investigation had determined that the first 
        officer attempted to carry out a terrorist act: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) honors Captain Smit Machchhar for extraordinary courage 
        in protecting every soul aboard his aircraft;
            (2) commends the heroic actions of the off-duty pilots, 
        cabin crew, and passengers who secured the flight deck and 
        brought the aircraft safely down;
            (3) wishes Captain Machchhar and all who were injured a 
        full recovery;
            (4) condemns the attack on Flydubai Flight 1073 as an act 
        of terrorism and as an attack on the safety of international 
        civil aviation; and
            (5) calls for a full and expeditious investigation by the 
        Governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and 
        for the United States and Israel to be kept fully informed.
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