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- India
Air India, AI Express to conduct drug test for all pilots
New Delhi: Air India and Air India Express will carry out psychoactive substance testing for all their pilots against the backdrop of the pilot-in-command of the Phuket-Delhi flight that suddenly lost 300…
- Offbeat
Pilot flies mother for the first time, internet reacts
A pilot won over the internet as he flew his “favourite passenger forever” for the first time. Pilot Tanish Arora shared a reel on Instagram capturing the moment he flew his mother…
- Middle East
Few families return to south Lebanon under Israel’s pilot plan
Zawtar Al-Gharbieh: Mahasen Faqih and her husband returned this week to their village in southern Lebanon, digging through the debris of their home in search of their belongings, as part of the…
- India
India issues 1,331 commercial pilot licences in Jan-June: Govt
New Delhi: India issued 1,331 Commercial Pilot Licences (CPLs) during the first six months of 2026 (January-June), with more than four out of every 10 newly licensed pilots having received their training…
- Hyderabad
Gym manager booked for harassing woman pilot in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A gym manager has been booked for allegedly sexually harassing a woman pilot in Hyderabad’s Sanathnagar area, police said on Friday, June 12. The accused was identified as Santosh Gowda, a…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Female pilot trainee raped at Begumpet academy, staff member booked
Hyderabad: A staff member of the Pilot Training Institute in Hyderabad’s Begumpet was booked on Tuesday, April 7, for allegedly raping a female pilot trainee. The victim approached the Begumpet Police and…
- Mumbai
Pilot opted ‘missed approach’, says firm owner over Baramati plane crash
Mumbai: VK Singh, owner of VSR Ventures whose aircraft carrying Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar crashed in Baramati on Wednesday, January 28, said the pilot apparently could not see the runway…
- Offbeat
Former flight attendant posed as pilot, received hundreds of free flights
Honolulu: A former flight attendant for a Canadian airline posed as a commercial pilot and as a current flight attendant to obtain hundreds of free flights from US airlines, authorities said. Dallas…
- Offbeat
Indigo Pilot surprises daughter with Gen Alpha announcement in flight
An IndiGo pilot has won over the internet as he made a special Gen Alpha announcement while his daughter was onboard the flight from Mumbai to Nagpur. The pilot, Gurdish Singh, posted…
- India
IndiGo’s prolonged, unorthodox lean manpower strategy caused disruption: FIP
Mumbai: A Pilots’ body Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) has alleged that IndiGo, despite getting a two-year preparatory window before the full implementation of new flight duty and rest period norms for…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru: 60-year-old pilot booked for raping crew member at five star hotel
Bengaluru: A 60-year-old pilot from a private aviation firm has been accused of raping a 26-year-old cabin crew member at a luxury hotel in Bengaluru. On November 18, the accused, Rohit Saran,…
- India
Pilot accused of sexual assault by crew member, booked
Hyderabad: A case was registered against the pilot of a chartered flight here for allegedly sexually assaulting a 26-year-old cabin crew member in a hotel in Bengaluru, police said on Sunday. Though…
- Delhi
Tejas crash in Dubai: IAF mourns loss of wing commander Namansh Syal
New Delhi: Mourning the tragic loss of Wing Commander Namansh Syal, the Indian Air Force on Saturday said the air warrior was a “dedicated fighter pilot” and thorough professional, who served the…
- India
IAF trainer aircraft crashes near Chennai, pilot ejects safely
Chennai: An Indian Air Force aircraft which was on a routine training mission crashed near Tambaram here on Friday afternoon, officials said. The pilot ejected safely, they said. Also ReadDead truck driver,…
- 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…
