Boeing Co expects to cut about 2,000 white-collar jobs this year in finance and human resources through a combination of attrition and layoffs, the US planemaker confirmed Monday. Last month, the Arlington, Virginia-based company announced it would hire 10,000 workers in 2023 after hiring 15,000 people in 2022, but said some support positions would be […]
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Kerala woman creates ‘bomb scare’ at Bengaluru airport after she ‘misses flight’; arrested
A Kerala native woman was arrested in Bengaluru after she allegedly created a false bomb scare inside Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport Friday, police said. Probe revealed that the woman allegedly did so as she missed her flight to Kolkata. The accused has been identified as Manasi Satheebainu, 31, who hails from Kozhikode in Kerala, officers […]
Nepal aircraft that crashed had no thrust motion in engines before landing, says panel
An aircraft that crashed in Nepal last month, killing 71 people on board, had no thrust motion in its engines in the final leg of its descent, a government-appointed panel investigating the accident said on Monday. The plane crashed just before landing in the tourist city of Pokhra on Jan. 15, in one of Nepal’s […]
‘HAL growth exposes those who used it to instigate people’: PM Modi after opening Karnataka chopper factory
While inaugurating a Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) helicopter factory in Tumakuru on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at the Opposition, which had questioned his government’s decision to prefer Reliance Defence to the HAL as the offset partner in the controversial Rafale deal. “The Opposition targeted my party over the HAL and wasted precious […]
PM unveils country’s largest chopper-making plant, attacks Congress for HAL comment
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday attacked the Congress for “using” the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as a pretext to level allegations against his government and instigate people. He was addressing a gathering in Tumakuru where he inaugurated the HAL helicopter factory, country’s biggest, nearly seven years after he had laid its foundation stone. Modi […]
Crash averted at Austin airport; FAA, NTSB to investigate
A FedEx cargo airplane attempting to land at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Saturday morning had to change course after a second plane was cleared to depart from the same runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.“The pilot of the FedEx airplane discontinued the landing and initiated a climb out,” the FAA said in a statement. […]
All you need to know about Asia’s largest helicopter factory that PM Narendra Modi will unveil in Karnataka on Monday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will unveil Asia’s largest helicopter manufacturing facility in Karnataka’s Tumakuru which is also a new greenfield helicopter factory. According to the Prime Minister’s Office, this helicopter factory is Asia’s largest helicopter manufacturing facility and will initially produce Light Utility Helicopters (LUHs). LUH is an indigenously designed and developed 3-ton […]
Air India Express flight to Kozhikode returns to Abu Dhabi after flames seen in engine
An Air India Express flight to Kozhikode returned to Abu Dhabi shortly after take off as flames were detected in one of its engines, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Friday. The airline company said all passengers were safe. According to the DGCA, 184 passengers were onboard the flight. “Today an Air India […]
Temporary no-fly zone over Bengaluru hotel for G20 climate change meeting
Bengaluru commissioner of police C H Pratap Reddy on Thursday declared a temporary no-fly zone over the Hotel Taj West End in view of a G-20 presidency meeting on energy transition and environmental and climate change to be held there. Flying of drones, other unmanned aerial vehicles and glider aircraft have been prohibited in the […]
LCA Tejas to be displayed at India pavilion at Aero India 2023
Light Combat Aircraft-Tejas Mark 1A (LCA-Tejas) in its Final Operational Clearance (FOC) configuration will be displayed at the center stage of the ‘India Pavilion’ at Aero India 2023, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday. FOC configuration means the aircraft with the upgrades in the existing version can be produced. The 14th Edition of Aero India, […]
US winter storm grounds 2,300 flights, leaves lakhs without power
A deadly storm system lashed a large swath of the southern US with bands of sleet and snow for a third day on Wednesday, grounding an additional 2,300 flights, leaving hundreds of thousands without power, forcing school closures and making already treacherous driving conditions worse. Watches and warnings about wintry conditions were issued for an […]
Drone hub & manufacturing cluster to come up at AURIC
The Maharashtra government is planning to build a drone hub and manufacturing cluster at Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC) in Aurangabad district, for which it has set up a committee under the chairmanship of Development Commissioner (Industries), Directorate of Industries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in September 2019, had inaugurated the 10,000-acre AURIC, the country’s first greenfield […]