Category: Civil Aviation

Kuala Lumpur: All six people on board a helicopter that crashed near Cameron Highlands, Pahang state, on Wednesday have been found alive, local media reported, citing a police official. “All were found safe in the hills in Brinchang at about 4 p.m. Efforts to get the victims out of the area are ongoing by search […]

Panaji, Oct 12: A MiG 29K on a routine sortie over the sea off Goa developed a technical malfunction while returning to the base, said the Navy on Wednesday. The pilot ejected safely and was in stable condition. “The pilot ejected safely and has been recovered in a swift search and rescue Operation. The pilot […]

New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Monday announced three new projects for enhancing the helicopter sector in the country which include Project Akash, HEMS and fractional ownership. The Minister launched a new Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) under project ‘Sanjeevani; and the service will start at AIIMS, Rishikesh. “Through the learnings from project […]

Srinagar: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Monday said that the decision taken by the J&K government of decreasing VAT on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) from 26.5 percent to one percent has increased air connectivity to J&K, with more than 100 flights being operated from J&K now. An official spokesman in a statement issued here said that […]

Srinagar, Oct 10: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today addressed the 4th edition of Heli-India Summit here at SKICC, Srinagar. Organized by the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India with the support of the Government of J&K, Pawan Hans Ltd. and FICCI, the Summit on the theme “Helicopters for Last Mile Connectivity” brought together various […]

Srinagar, Oct 10: Minister of Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia on Monday said that a civil enclave will be built in Jammu at a cost of Rs 861 crores and the Srinagar’s present terminal will be expanded three times from 20,000 square meters to 60,000 square meters at a cost of Rs 1500 crores. Scindia […]

Itanagar, Oct 5: A pilot was killed and another injured when an Army aviation Cheetah helicopter flying in the forward area near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh crashed on Wednesday, defence sources said. Defence spokesman Lt. Col Mahendra Rawat said that during a routine sortie, the Cheetah helicopter crashed at around 10 a.m. injuring both the […]

New Delhi: Indian securities authorities were on alert following a bomb threat on board an Iranian passenger flight when it was approaching Delhi. Sources said that IAF fighter aircraft were scrambled, which followed the aircraft at a safe distance. Intimation was received of a bomb scare on an airline bearing Iranian registration, when it was […]

Islamabad, Sep 29: The national airline of the country — Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) — has a new rule for its cabin crew: ‘Wear undergarments’, media reports said. In a strange development, PIA has told its air crew that wearing undergarments is a must, Geo News reported. PIA has claimed that lack of better attire […]

New Delhi: An Air Traffic Controller at the Delhi airport has tested positive for a psychoactive substance and has been removed from duty by the aviation regulator DGCA, sources said on Sunday. This is the first instance in the country of an Air Traffic Controller (ATC) testing positive for a psychoactive substance after the rules […]

New Delhi, Aug 11: Referring to a video making rounds on social media of a passenger smoking onboard a SpiceJet aircraft, the airline on Thursday said that the issue was probed, and necessary action was taken into the matter. The passenger was put on a No Flying list by the airline for 15 days in […]

Jammu: Border Security Force (BSF) last night fired at an unidentified flying object on Kanachak border belt along the International Border. An official said that the alert troops of the BSF noticed an unidentified flying object with blinking light at 2135 hours in the Kanachak area as it tried to cross the International Border. “The […]