New York, July 15: Ripudaman Singh Malik, who was acquitted on charges of bombing an Air India plane killing 329 people on board, has been shot dead in British Columbia, according to media reports. Malik was killed as he sat inside his car in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey on Thursday, the Vancouver Sun reported. […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Surge in air traffic: Govt to augment ATF stock at Srinagar Airport
Srinagar, July 13: The Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, reviewed stock position of Petroleum Products including ATF in the valley, here today. Financial Commissioner (ACS), Home, Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Commissioner Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and IGP, Traffic, J&K, among others participated in the meeting. Considering increase in the air traffic at […]
Vistara aircraft engine fails after landing at Delhi airport, passengers safe
New Delhi, Jul 6: An engine of a Vistara aircraft on way from Bangkok failed after it landed at the Delhi airport but all passengers disembarked safely, aviation regulator DGCA said on Wednesday. The airline said one of the engines had developed a “minor” electrical malfunction after the aircraft landed at the Indira Gandhi International […]
SpiceJet’s Delhi-Dubai flight diverted to Karachi due to fuel indicator malfunction
New Delhi, Jul 5: SpiceJet’s Delhi-Dubai flight was diverted to Karachi on Tuesday as the fuel indicator started malfunctioning, officials of the aviation regulator DGCA said. This is the sixth such incident on SpiceJet aircraft in the last 17 days. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is investigating all the six incidents. The Boeing […]
Helicopter services start for tourists in Ladakh
Ganderbal: The Ladakh administration Wednesday start helicopter services for the tourists and the general public visiting the cold desert region. The first batch of tourists availed the heli-service in Ladakh as the administration opened the services for tourists and visitors. “The helicopter services operated by the Ladakh administration would be available to the public in […]
4 dead as Pawan Hans chopper ditches in Arabian Sea, 5 saved
Mumbai, June 28: At least four persons perished after a Pawan Hans helicopter ditched into the Arabian Sea near the ONGC’s Sagar Kiran oil-rig, off Mumbai High Fields, around 175 kms off the country’s commercial capital, official sources said on Tuesday. The chopper was carrying nine people – seven passengers, reportedly ONGC staffers, and two […]
ONGC helicopter crashes into sea; all 9 onboard rescued
Mumbai, Jun 28: An ONGC helicopter carrying nine persons, including two pilots, crashed into the Arabian Sea off the Mumbai coast on Tuesday while attempting to land on a company’s rig, officials said. All the nine persons onboard were later rescued. The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard had joined the rescue operations, a defence […]
BSF troopers repulse Pak drone spotted in Amritsar
AMRITSAR: The Border Security Force (BSF) opened fire after a drone was spotted entering the Indian territory from the Pakistan side near the border outpost Channa Pattan falling under the Ramdas police station of Amritsar in the wee hours of Sunday. The incident took place around 12.50am when the personnel of the BSF’s 73 battalion […]
In a boost to travel, Srinagar-Sharjah flight resumption from June 1
Srinagar: After being grounded for the last few months due to less demand from travellers and then regulatory issues , Srinagar- Sharjah direct flight will resume operations from June 1, officials said. The direct flight service, which was flagged off by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on October 23 last year, had witnessed several roadblocks. […]
Go First airline to restart direct flight service in next few days
New Delhi, Apr 29: Go First airline on Friday got the bilateral rights to operate Srinagar-Sharjah flights which the airline said it will restart in the next few days. Go First had stopped operating the Srinagar-Sharjah flights on March 27 due to the lack of bilateral rights, which are granted under air services agreements signed […]
Go First thanks LG, AAI for night parking permission at Jammu airport
Jammu: Having become the first to receive night parking permission at Jammu airport, Go First (formerly known as GoAir) said that the airline was delighted at the development and thanked the Lieutenant Governor of J&K and the Airports Authority of India (AAI). “We are delighted at this development. We would like to thank the authorities […]
Air India’s Srinagar-Jammu flight delayed by around 2 hours
New Delhi: A Srinagar-Jammu flight of the Tata group-run Air India was delayed by approximately two hours on Thursday after a rat was sighted on board the aircraft, officials said. Aviation regular DGCA has begun a probe into this incident, officials mentioned. The flight departed from the Srinagar airport only after the rat was removed […]