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- Technology
IndiGo under DGCA notice for training 1,700 pilots on non-qualified simulators
New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a show cause notice to IndiGo for using “non-qualified simulators” to train 1,700 pilots operating to three critical airports with difficult…
- Chennai
Fire erupts on cargo flight engine
Chennai: Fire erupted in one of the engines of an inbound international cargo flight here on Tuesday, but none was injured as the blaze was put down after the aircraft landed here,…
- India
AI171 crew deserves fact-driven investigation, not conjecture, says AI pilots body
Mumbai: Indian Pilots Guild, an association of Air India pilots, on Monday slammed the preliminary report on Boeing 787-8 plane crash on June 12, saying that the crew of AI171 deserves a…
- Business
Pilots’ unions say it’s unfair to blame Air India crew for plane crash
New Delhi: India’s pilot associations have slammed the ‘reckless speculation’ around the Air India Boeing Dreamliner crash at Ahmedabad, as sections of the media have hinted that the pilots are to be…
- News
Air India plane crash report: Fuel switch explainer
New Delhi: The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s (AAIB) preliminary probe report on the fatal Air India plane accident has put the spotlight on the fuel switches of the crashed Boeing 787-8 and…
- India
Photos: PM Modi arrives at Air India crash site to take stock of situation
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday visited the Air India plane crash site. He arrived in the city to take stock of the situation, a day after the deadly Boeing…
- Hyderabad
At 21, Muskan Begum from Hyderabad becomes licensed commercial pilot
Hyderabad: A 21-year-old from Hyderabad, Muskan Begum, has obtained her commercial pilot licence after completing training in Cape Town, South Africa, becoming one of the youngest from the city to have achieved…
- India
Rahul slams govt over ‘inhumane’ working conditions of loco pilots
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at the government over the working conditions of loco pilots, saying that being made to work in “inhumane” conditions is not…
- India
India needs 20,000 pilots in coming years: Civil aviation minister
New Delhi: Civil aviation minister K Rammohan Naidu on Thursday said India will need at least 20,000 pilots in the coming years to meet the rising air-travel demand in the country —…
- India
DGCA issues revised norms; pilots, crew members barred from using mouthwash, tooth gel
New Delhi: Pilots and crew members cannot use mouthwash, tooth gel or any such substance that has alcoholic content, as that could result in positive breath analyser test, according to revised norms…
- India
IndiGo to use fatigue analysis tool for pilots
New Delhi: The country’s largest airline IndiGo will introduce a tool to detect fatigue among pilots using real time data and predictive analytics, amid rising concerns about fatigue issues among the cockpit…
- Delhi
Death in the air: 3 pilots died of cardiac arrest in 3 days; 2 in India
Delhi: In a chilling incident, three pilots lost their lives in India and globally within a span of three days, with two of them passing away due to cardiac arrest in the…
- India
Army chopper crashes in Arunachal, 2 pilots missing
Guwahati: An Army chopper crashed in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, officials said, adding that two pilots were missing. Lt. Col. Mahendra Rawat, Army PRO at Guwahati told IANS, “A military aviation Cheetah…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Air India graduates its 1st batch of cabin crew trainees after privatisation
Hyderabad: Air India on Friday announced that its maiden batch of cabin crew trainees and a significant batch of new pilots since privatisation have graduated. The batch of 215 cabin crew and…
- India
India needs over 1000 pilots annually
New Delhi: Given the growth in the aviation sector it is expected that India is likely to require over 1,000 pilots per annum over the next five years. However, experts have said…
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