With an aim to bring Uttar Pradesh’s aviation sector on the global map, the state government has approved the policy regarding development of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facilities of aircraft in the state. The decision was taken in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet meeting held here on Tuesday. “There is a need to establish maintenance, […]
Category: Civil Aviation
DIAL begins testing of full-body scanner at T2
The Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) has started testing the full-body scanner at Terminal 2 in accordance with the directive of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS). Objects can be detected using a full-body scanner, which doesn’t touch people or intrude their privacy in any way. According to the DIAL, they are Millimeter Wave-based […]
ONGC chopper crashes into Arabian Sea, 4 dead
A brand new Pawan Hans’ Sikorsky chopper with 9 people on board crashed into the Arabian Sea, about 50 nautical miles from the Mumbai coast on Tuesday, killing four people — including three ONGC employees. The helicopter, was about 4-5 minutes away from its destination – ONGC’s Sagar Kiran rig – when the incident took […]
Pawan Hans chopper makes emergency landing in Arabian Sea, 5 rescued
A Pawan Hans helicopter made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea water near the Sagar Kiran oil-rig off Mumbai High Fields, around 175 km off the country’s commercial capital, official sources said here on Tuesday. The chopper was carrying at least 7 passengers and 2 pilots and at least 5 have been saved from […]
Yogi’s chopper makes emergency landing following bird hit
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s helicopter had to make an emergency landing at the police lines in Varanasi just a few minutes after take-off on Sunday. After his two-day visit to Varanasi, Yogi was leaving for Sultanpur to pay tributes to former MLA Surya Bhan Singh but the helicopter had to make an emergency […]
Adityanath’s helicopter emergency landed in Varanasi after hitting bird
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s helicopter had to make an emergency landing here after it hit a bird on Sunday, officials said. “A bird hit the CM’s helicopter after it took off from here (Varanasi) for Lucknow, after which it had to land here,” District Magistrate Kaushalraj Sharma said. The CM had come to […]
DGCA orders probe after fuselage door warnings light up on SpiceJet planes
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered a probe in which fuselage door warnings lit up on two separate Spicejet planes while taking off on Friday and Saturday, forcing the aircraft to abandon their journeys and return. There have been a total of four incidents — including the aforementioned two — on SpiceJet […]
Russian border guard helicopter violates Estonia’s airspace
NATO member Estonia said Tuesday that a Russian border guard helicopter violated the airspace of the Baltic nation over the weekend, and Russia’s ambassador was summoned and given a note over the incident. Estonia’s military said in a statement that the Russian MI-8 helicopter entered the country’s airspace in southeastern Estonia in the Koidula area […]
Airlines’ losses globally will be down to USD 9.7 bn this year: IATA DG
The airlines’ losses globally are expected to be down from USD 52 billion in 2021 to USD 9.7 billion this year and industry-wide profit should be on the horizon in 2023, Director General of IATA Willie Walsh said here on Monday. International Air Transport Association (IATA) represents some 290 airlines comprising 83 per cent of […]
Land for new Silchar airport was sought by AAI in 2019
The land for the proposed new airport in Assam’s Silchar which has sparked off a political slugfest, was sought way back in 2019 by Airports Authority of India (AAI), documents reveal. The Centre’s statement made earlier this month that no proposal has yet been received for a greenfield airport in Assam’s Cachar district, despite large-scale […]
Plane catches fire after take-off from Patna airport; all 185 occupants safe
Nearly 200 people on board a Delhi-bound aircraft on Sunday had a close shave as the plane caught fire soon after take-off from the airport here and made an emergency landing minutes later, officials said. The Spice Jet aircraft took off at around quarter past noon and, according to Patna District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh, local […]
Civil Aviation Ministry to give wings to highly skilled Agniveers
Amid the nationwide protests, the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation on 18 June announced to induct highly skilled, disciplined and motivated Agniveers into its various services and give them wings to fly. The announcement comes days after Union Defence Ministry rolled out Agnipath scheme on 14 June. The Ministry, through its social media handle, wrote, […]