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Delhi
First VVIP aircraft ‘Air India One’ for President and PM
New Delhi: The first of the two VVIP aircraft Air India One for President, Vice President, and Prime Minister will arrive in India on Thursday. “The Special Extra Section Flight (SESF) aircraft…
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Featured News
Aircraft carrier ‘Viraat’ goes to the graveyard
Mumbai:Â The once majestic and imposing Indian Navy’s aircraft carrier INS Viraat — now decommissioned — started on its swansong voyage to Alang port in Gujarat, the country’s biggest graveyard for…
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India
Centre to buy aircraft worth Rs 250 cr for weather forecast
New Delhi: The government is planning to use more hi-tech methods for accurate weather forecast. Union Minister Harsh Vardhan said there is a plan to purchase an aircraft at a…
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India
Trainer aircraft crashes in Odisha, 2 killed
Dhenkanal: A two-seater aircraft crashed in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district on Monday, killing a trainee pilot and her instructor, officials said. The trainer aircraft crashed on the tarmac at the Government…
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Business
SpiceJet converts three Q400 passenger aircraft into freighters
GURUGRAM: SpiceJet, the country’s biggest air cargo operator, has converted three of its Bombardier Q400 passenger aircraft into freighters. With the addition of these three cargo planes, SpiceJet now has a…
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World
Three US sailors test positive for virus on aircraft carrier
Washington: Three US sailors from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, the first cases reported on a US Navy ship currently on deployment,…
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Science
NASA showcases its first all-electric aircraft
Washington:Â NASA has showcased its first all-electric aircraft, the X-57 Maxwell which is at least a year away from its first flight test. Unveiled on Friday, the Maxwell is NASA’s first…
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Delhi
Delhi airport welcomes UPS’ latest freighter aircraft
New Delhi: GMR-led Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) on Tuesday announced that UPS, a global leader in logistics, will route its latest freighter aircraft to India from Delhi Airport. This…
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Business
Airbus delivers 1,000th A320neo family aircraft to IndiGo
Hamburg: Planemaker Airbus has delivered the 1,000th A320neo Family aircraft. The aircraft — an A321neo — was delivered on Thursday (local time) to low-cost airline IndiGo which is the world’s…
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Crime in Hyderabad
Two trainee pilots killed after aircraft crashes in Vikarabad
Vikarabad: Two trainee pilots were killed on Sunday when an aircraft they were flying crashed at Sultanpur village in the district. The deceased have been identified as Prakash Vishal and…
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News
NASA gets first all-electric experimental aircraft
Washington: NASA has taken the delivery of its first all-electric experimental aircraft, or X-plane, from Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero) of San Luis Obispo, California. The US space agency is preparing…
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India
IAF MiG-21 crashes in Gwalior, both pilots eject safely
Gwalior: A MiG-21 combat trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed here on Wednesday but both the pilots managed to eject safely. The aircraft was on a routine…
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Bangalore News
Rajnath Singh to fly IAF LCA Tejas in Bengaluru
New Delhi : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will fly Light Combat Aircraft ‘Tejas’, an indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft in Bengaluru on Thursday. He will fly the twin-seat version of the…
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India
DGCA issues restriction on entry into plane’s cockpit
New Delhi: India’s civil aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday issued an order restricting the entry of people into ‘an aircraft’s cockpit during the flight time.’…
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Crime and Accident
Five IAF officers found guilty in Feb 27 Srinagar chopper crash
New Delhi: Five Indian Air Force officers have been found guilty by a court of inquiry for the shooting down of a Mi-17VF chopper over Srinagar on February 27 in…
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News
Russia to complete tests of Su-57 in 2019, MiG-35 in 2021
Moscow [Russia]: State tests of Russia’s advanced Su-57 fifth-generation fighters will be completed this year, while trials of MiG-35 fighters are planned to be finalised by the end of 2021,…
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Crime and Accident
IAF Su-30 crashes in Tezpur, both pilots safe
Tezpur: A Sukhoi-30 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed here on Thursday. Both pilots of the aircraft were able to eject safely, the Air Force said in a…
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Middle East
Iran deputy FM hints US downed ‘own’ drone ‘by mistake’
Tehran: Iran’s deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi denied on Friday having lost any drone recently and hinted that the US could have downed their own “by mistake.” “We have not…
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World
Parachutists among nine killed in plane crash near Sweden’s Umea
Umea [Seden]: A plane carrying nine people, including parachutists, crashed into a river near Umea here on Sunday. Onlookers heard a loud bang before the small plane came hurtling down…
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Middle East
Two military training planes collide in Qatar
Doha: Two Qatari military training aircraft collided in mid-air, but the pilots managed to eject safely, the Qatari defence ministry said on Wednesday. “A collision occurred between two training planes…
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News
Mumbai-bound SpiceJet aircraft overshot runway, passengers safe
Mumbai (Maharashtra): A Mumbai-bound SpiceJet aircraft overshot the runway while landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Tuesday. All passengers of the flight on Jaipur-Mumbai route were deplaned normally and…
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India
Rajnath makes maiden visit to Eastern Naval Command
New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday made his maiden visit to the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam, officials said. He was briefed on the operational readiness of the…
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India
Four Su-30 MKI jets to participate in Indo-French aerial war exercise
New Delhi: Four Su-30 MKI jets, one IL-78 tanker, and two C-17 Globe Master will be participating in Indo-French joint exercise – Garuda – from July 1 to 14 at…
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Middle East
Iran ‘never seeks war’ with US, says Rouhani
Tehran:President Hassan Rouhani said Iran “never seeks war” with the US, state media reported Wednesday amid a spike in tensions between the two countries. “Iran has no interest to increase…
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India
Blackbox of crashed AN-32 damaged, data retrieval for the accident probe may get delayed
New Delhi: The black box of the ill-fated AN-32 aircraft”>aircraft that crashed in Arunachal Pradesh with 13 personnel on board has suffered damage and an investigation by the Air Force…
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World
Israeli jets hit Gaza after rocket fire into Israel
Jerusalem: Israeli aircraft struck Hamas bases in Gaza early Friday, the military said, after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants hit a Jewish theological seminary in southern Israel. There were…
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India
Despite tyre burst, SpiceJet flight lands safely at Jaipur airport
Jaipur: A SpiceJet flight returning from Dubai made a safe landing here on Wednesday even after one of the tyres of the aircraft burst. The landing took place at 9:03…
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News
Despite tyre burst, SpiceJet flight lands safely at Jaipur airport
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India]: A SpiceJet flight returning from Dubai made a safe landing here on Wednesday even after one of the tyres of the aircraft burst. The landing took place…
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India
Goa: Airport operations suspended after fire incident
Dabolim: Flight operations at Goa’s Dabolim International Airport have been temporarily suspended after a fuel tank attached to a MiG-29k aircraft fell on the runway while taking off on Saturday.…
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India
Search operations for missing AN-32 aircraft enter third day
New Delhi: The search operations for the missing AN-32 transport aircraft entered the third day on Wednesday. “We are putting in all the resources available with us. We have put…
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