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Proof: FlyDubai co-pilot who nearly crashed plane was barred from flying by Oman over extremism concerns

The record — the exact bytes that were hashed

{"first_seen":"2026-10-03T01:50:47Z","headline":"FlyDubai co-pilot who nearly crashed plane was barred from flying by Oman over extremism concerns","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"thehindu","url":"https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/flydubai-co-pilot-who-nearly-crashed-plane-was-barred-from-flying-by-oman-over-extremism-concerns/article71539490.ece","v":1}

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SHA-256

4e9e483843f6f29fbe2aeae4cde6ded37062fcbe95411c9f134e7ab82f2d7b46

OpenTimestamps

Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969657, mined 2026-10-03 02:18 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-03 01:52 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-03 01:53 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-4e9e483843f6.json prints 4e9e483843f6f29fbe2aeae4cde6ded37062fcbe95411c9f134e7ab82f2d7b46. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-4e9e483843f6.json and headline-4e9e483843f6.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-4e9e483843f6.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 1 min after it was first seen.