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- India
Ministry clarified pilot not being blamed for AI plane crash: Centre to SC
New Delhi: The Air India pilot has not been blamed in the AAIB’s preliminary report into the June 12 plane crash that claimed 260 lives, the Centre told the Supreme Court on…
- Technology
DGCA flags serious compliance lapses at Akasa Air after safety review
New Delhi: Aviation watchdog DGCA has flagged various regulatory non-compliances at Akasa Air, including repetitive procedural lapses, and has asked the airline to take remedial actions, according to sources. The observations have…
- India
Patna-bound SpiceJet plane faces tech issue; returns to Delhi
New Delhi: A Patna-bound SpiceJet aircraft returned to the national capital on Thursday morning due to a technical issue. In a statement, the airline said the plane made a normal landing and…
- India
IndiGo to purchase 30 more wide-body A350 planes
New Delhi: IndiGo on Friday signed a contract with Airbus to buy an additional 30 A350-900 aircraft, taking the total firm orders for the wide-body planes to 60. The country’s largest airline,…
- India
RAT deployment was ‘neither due to system fault nor pilot action’: Air India
Mumbai: Air India on Friday said conclusions from its preliminary investigations show that the deployment of Ram Air Turbine (RAT) in its Dreamliner aircraft on October 4 was “neither due to a…
- World
Suspected stowaway found dead in plane’s landing gear at North Carolina airport
Charlotte: Airplane maintenance workers at a North Carolina airport found the body of a suspected stowaway in the landing gear compartment of an American Airlines flight that had recently arrived from Europe,…
- Business
SpiceJet says salary delay part of ‘phased disbursement schedule’ during lean periods
New Delhi: SpiceJet has delayed salary payments for a significant portion of its employees and according to the budget airline on Sunday, it follows a “phased disbursement schedule” during lean periods that…
- World
India and China prepare to resume direct air services soon
New Delhi: India and China are in an “advanced stage” of negotiations to resume direct flight services between the two countries soon, people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. The development…
- Technology
Air India starts widebody retrofit, speeds up narrowbody upgrades
New Delhi: Air India on Sunday began the retrofit of its widebody aircraft and is accelerating the refurbishment of its narrowbody fleet as part of a large-scale modernisation drive worth over $400…
- Technology
Air India cancels Delhi‑Milan flight AI137 after pre‑departure snag detected
New Delhi: Air India on Tuesday cancelled its flight from Delhi to Milan due to a technical snag detected in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft prior to departure. “Flight AI137 scheduled to…
- India
Air India completes fuel switch inspections on all Boeing aircraft
New Delhi: Air India on Tuesday said it has completed precautionary inspections on the fuel control switch (FCS) locking mechanisms of all Boeing 787 and Boeing 737 aircraft in its fleet. The…
- Technology
Plane makes emergency landing after passenger tries to open door
Cedar Rapids: A regional airline flight heading to Detroit had to make an emergency landing in eastern Iowa after a passenger fought with a flight attendant and tried to open an exit…
- India
AI Express Boeing 737 plane faces tech issue; airline cancels Lucknow-Dubai flight
Mumbai: An Air India Express Boeing plane faced a technical issue at Lucknow airport on Wednesday morning following which the flight from the city to Dubai was cancelled, according to a source.…
- India
Passenger dies of suspected cardiac arrest on AirAsia flight
Chennai: A 50-year-old passenger travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Tiruchy in Tamil Nadu on an AirAsia flight died of a suspected heart attack mid-air on Wednesday morning, despite desperate efforts by the…
- India
Pune: Private airline office receives bomb threat
Pune: A private airline’s office at Pune airport received a bomb threat, following which checks were conducted at the international airport here but nothing suspicious was found, police said on Tuesday. The…
