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Israel honors civilians who prevented flydubai hijacking

Rank
66
Running
19h
Updated
1h ago
Momentum
Holding
Outlets
8
Regions
4
Countries
6
Languages
4

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The Jerusalem Post Israel · English 8 Oct, 08:50 UTC

The earliest of 4 English reports

Read it also in Español (2) · Português (1) · Русский (1) · +2 languages

Read at The Jerusalem Post

How it spread

Outlets covering the story by hours since its first article: one at the start, 8 after 20 hours.

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Outlets, by hours since the first article

  1. First outlet: The Jerusalem Post, 8 Oct, 08:50 UTC.
  2. Second country: Russia, with Vedomosti.
  3. Second region: Europe, with Vedomosti.
  4. Fastest hour: +2 outlets from 8 Oct, 16:06 UTC.
  5. Now: 8 outlets.

Where it travelled

20 of 20 hours

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The 6 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. Open the live map

The regions

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  • Americas 3 outlets · 3 countries · 38%
  • Asia-Pacific 3 outlets · 1 country · 38%
  • Europe 1 outlet · 1 country · 12%
  • Middle East 1 outlet · 1 country · 12%

First movers

  1. The Jerusalem Post 8 Oct, 08:50 UTC
  2. Vedomosti +6h 4m
  3. 14ymedio +7h 16m
  4. El Comercio +8h 14m
  5. Times of India +14h 36m

Latest arrivals

  1. The Indian Express 9 Oct, 02:49 UTC
  2. Hindustan Times 9 Oct, 02:07 UTC
  3. CNN Brasil 8 Oct, 23:50 UTC
  4. Times of India 8 Oct, 23:26 UTC
  5. El Comercio 8 Oct, 17:04 UTC

The figures

Coverage
8 outlets in 6 countries, across 4 regions. The article links are kept for good for every story that reaches the map. Of the 8 outlets, 8 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region
Americas 3: Brazil, Cuba, Peru. Asia-Pacific 1: India. Europe 1: Russia. Middle East 1: Israel. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages
English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian.
Timeline
Earliest article The Jerusalem Post, 8 Oct 2026, 08:50 UTC. First seen 8 Oct 2026, 08:50 UTC. Last seen 9 Oct 2026, 02:49 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification
Region Middle East, Israel. Topic Conflict & security. Hard news Judged hard news. On the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score
2.54, as of now. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Day by day

Outlets and countries are the story’s whole life as of that midnight; the 24-hour columns are that day’s own coverage; the last column is the methodology version the day was measured under, and a day that spans a change of version shows the first and last, linked to the changelog that lists every version between. A day marked partial is one Loudest read only in part: fewer than 130 of its 144 ten-minute runs, or more than 30 minutes missed at its start or end.

Day Rank Score Outlets Countries 24h outlets 24h countries Method
8 Oct 2026 360 2.99 5 5 5 5 4.6

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How this was measured

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Started 8 Oct, 08:50 UTC · Updated 9 Oct, 02:49 UTC

Covered by 8 outlets

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Americas 3 outlets

  • CNN Brasil Brazil 8 Oct, 23:50 UTC
    Israel homenageia passageiros que dominaram agressor em voo da Flydubai
  • El Comercio Peru 8 Oct, 17:04 UTC
    Israel galardona a los “héroes” del vuelo Flydubai: “Todos nos ayudamos mutuamente”
  • 14ymedio Cuba 8 Oct, 16:06 UTC
    Israel premia a los "héroes" del vuelo Flydubai: "Todos nos ayudamos mutuamente"

Asia-Pacific 3 outlets

  • The Indian Express India 9 Oct, 02:49 UTC
    Smit Machchhar to receive top Israeli bravery award for averting flydubai crash
  • Hindustan Times India 9 Oct, 02:07 UTC
    Israel to honour flydubai's Indian pilot Smit Machchhar with civilian heroism award
  • Times of India India 8 Oct, 23:26 UTC
    Flydubai cockpit attack: Israel to honour Capt Smit with top civilian bravery award

Europe 1 outlet

  • Vedomosti Russia 8 Oct, 14:54 UTC
    Президент Израиля наградил шестерых граждан за спасение пассажиров Flydubai

Middle East 1 outlet

  • The Jerusalem Post Israel 8 Oct, 08:50 UTC
    Six civilians who aided in preventing flydubai hijacking to receive presidential award for heroism
Read at The Jerusalem Post

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