Boeing bids farewell to an icon on Tuesday: It’s delivering its final 747 jumbo jet. Since its first flight in 1969, the giant yet graceful 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500 passengers, a transport for NASA’s space shuttles, and the Air Force One presidential aircraft. It […]
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Air India urination case: Shankar Mishra gets bail as court takes note of ‘contradictions’
Taking note that a witness did not support the claim made by the victim, a Delhi court Tuesday granted bail to Shankar Mishra, who has been accused of urinating on a fellow co-passenger while inebriated onboard an Air India flight between New York and Delhi in November last year. Additional Sessions Judge Harjyot Singh Bhalla […]
US airlines cancel over 1,000 flights over winter storm
More than 1,000 Monday flights into or out of the United States have been canceled due to a severe winter storm, with about half of those coming from Southwest Airlines Co. A total of 1,019 flights were cancelled as of 6.00 pm ET, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. Low-cost carrier Southwest earlier this month faced […]
Air India urination case: Delhi court highlights contradiction in witness statement
A Delhi court hearing the bail application of Shankar Mishra, the Air India passenger accused of urinating on a fellow passenger, said Monday that witnesses did not depose in favour of the police and noted that there were contradictions in their statements. Additional Sessions Judge Harjyot Singh Bhalla, who pronounced the order on Mishra’s bail […]
Jet consortium gets no SC relief; will pay PF, gratuity dues to staff
The Supreme Court Monday dismissed the appeal of Jalan-Kalrock Consortium (JKC) that sought a stay on the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order directing it to pay provident fund and gratuity dues to workers and employees of Jet Airways. In a January 13, 2023 order, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had approved transfer […]
AAP MP: Centre agrees to resume Delhi-Ludhiana direct flights
The Centre has agreed to resume direct flights from Ludhiana to Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjeev Arora said in a statement Sunday. An official communication from the Centre said the flights may start operations in summer, he added. While the international airport project at Halwara in Ludhiana district is currently under construction, the […]
FIR against passenger for attempting to remove emergency exit cover on Nagpur-Mumbai flight
A passenger onboard an IndiGo flight to Mumbai from Nagpur allegedly attempted to remove the cover of the emergency exit when the aircraft was approaching for landing in Mumbai, said the airline on Sunday. IndiGo said in a statement that an FIR has been registered against the passenger for the alleged act, and there was […]
MIHAN unit-holders meet airport development firm officials
Officials of the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) held a meeting with the unit-holders in Multi-Modal International Hub Airport of Nagpur (MIHAN) on Saturday and assured them that all their problems would be resolved at the earliest. Tenders were also floated according to the needs of various unit-holders. A high-level MADC delegation that visited Mumbai […]
Boeing’s 747, the original jumbo jet, prepares for final send-off
Boeing’s 747, the original and arguably most aesthetic “Jumbo Jet”, revolutionized air travel only to see its more than five-decade reign as “Queen of the Skies” ended by more efficient twinjet planes. The last commercial Boeing jumbo will be delivered to Atlas Air in the surviving freighter version on Tuesday, 53 years after the 747’s […]
Senior Air Force officer to head inquiry panel in Mirage, Sukhoi-30 MKI crash
A SENIOR IAF officer in the rank of Air Commodore or above will preside over the Court of Inquiry (CoI), which will investigate the crash of the two IAF jets on Saturday in which one pilot was killed, defence officials said on Sunday. The CoI will also comprise fighter pilots, and technical and medical officers, […]
Mirage, Sukhoi aircraft on training mission crash, Wing Commander killed
TWO INDIAN Air Force fighter jets that had taken off from the Gwalior Air Base crashed separately at Bharatpur in Rajasthan and Morena, Madhya Pradesh, on Saturday morning, killing one pilot. Sources said there is a possibility that there was a mid-air collision between the Mirage 2000 and the Sukhoi 30 (Su-30 MKI), given that […]
Aircraft crashes in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur, rescue ops underway
An aircraft crashed in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district on Saturday morning, a state official confirmed to The Indian Express. “An aircraft crashed in Chak Nagla Beeja in Uchain, Bharatpur earlier today. We got reports around 10:30 am that an object had crashed. It was later identified as an aircraft,” he said. Soon after the crash, the […]