ABVP calls for Ashoka Chakra for Captain Smith Machhar after Tabuk emergency landing
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- The All India Students' Federation (ABVP) held a two‑day All‑India Officers Meeting in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh on 2‑3 October and demanded that Captain Smith Machhar be awarded the Ashoka Chakra.
- Captain Machhar secured passengers during a violent cockpit incident on a Flydubai flight on 30 September, after which the aircraft made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
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