'True hero': Netanyahu invites NZ-trained flydubai pilot to Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited to Israel as a guest of honour the New Zealand-trained Indian captain of a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight who offered a dramatic account of how he saved the plane after being attacked. Netanyahu said he wanted Captain Smit Machchhar and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, one of Israel’s key international partners, to light a flame at a national ceremony for Israel’s Independence Day next May, saying the role was usually reserved for...