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Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ)

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

H.Res. 1612 · House resolution International Affairs

A Democratic resolution with 3 Republican cosponsors · See all 6 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

A House resolution is the House speaking for itself: stating a position, honouring someone, or setting its own rules. Adopting it is the whole process. Once the House agrees to it, it is officially the House's word; it is not a law, so the Senate and the President have no part in it.

What this bill would do

This resolution honors Captain Smit Machchhar, along with the crew and passengers of Flydubai Flight 1073. It details an incident on September 30, 2026, where the first officer launched an attempted terrorist attack using an emergency crash axe on the flight deck. Captain Machchhar fought off the attacker despite grave injuries and unlocked the cockpit door for help. Off-duty pilots, crew, and passengers successfully restrained the first officer and landed the plane safely in Saudi Arabia. The text officially condemns the attack as an act of terrorism and calls for full investigations by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.