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'Highest ideals of courage': Demands grow for Ashoka Chakra for flydubai hero Captain Smit Machchhar
What Captain Smit Machchhar did on Wednesday was unparalleled. His actions helped save 174 lives, as he fought his Omani co-pilot, who tried to crash the flydubai flight FZ1073, despite being severely injured. For his actions, many in India have called that Machchhar should be honoured with Ashoka Chakra: India's highest peacetime gallantry award.
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