The Airbus Defence and Space on Wednesday handed over to the Indian Air Force the first of the 56 C295 transport aircraft kick-starting the delivery of the planes under a Rs 21,935-crore project that was sealed two year’s back as part of an overall aim to modernise India’s air assets. Chief of Air Staff Air […]
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Canadian PM, delegation depart national capital after aircraft tech issue gets resolved
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his delegation departed from the national capital on Tuesday afternoon after the technical issue with his aircraft was resolved. Trudeau, who arrived in Delhi on Friday, was scheduled to leave on Sunday but was stranded for two days due to a technical issue with the aircraft. A source in […]
AirAsia India flight returns to Kochi airport after take-off due to technical issue
An AirAsia India flight carrying 168 passengers and six crew members air returned just minutes after taking off from the Cochin International Airport here, airport sources said on Monday. The Kochi-Bengaluru flight, which left for Bengaluru late Sunday night, suffered a technical problem soon after take off at 11.15 PM, the sources said. “An AIX […]
Vistara staff take wheelchair away from sick elderly man at IGIA
Close on the heels of an appalling incident surfacing on social media in which Vistara airline staff left a visually-impaired elderly passenger unattended while the rest of the travelers were deboarded on August 31, another incident involving an elderly couple has surfaced. The incident that took place on August 25 involves 83-year-old SS Upadhyaya, who […]
Pak Navy chopper crash in Balochistan kills three
Two Pakistani Navy officers and a sailor were killed in a helicopter crash during a routine training flight in Balochistan province on Monday, in the latest such aviation incident in the restive region. According to a statement by the Pakistan Navy, the incident occurred near the coastal city of Gwadar. The helicopter was on a […]
Delhi-bound flight makes emergency landing
An IndiGo flight on Monday made an emergency landing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) here after one of its engines developed a technical snag. As per sources, the New Delhi-bound flight with 180 passengers on board landed safely. Even as reports claimed that a bird hit the left engine of the flight leading […]
Delhi-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Bhubaneswar due to technical snag
A Delhi-bound IndiGo flight made an emergency landing at the airport here on Monday due to some technical snag, an official said. All passengers are safe, he said. The aircraft made the landing 40 minutes after taking off from the Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA). “After the detection of technical problems mid-air, the Delhi-bound IndiGo […]
Helicopter slithering exercise held ahead of G20
Ahead of the G-20 Summit, Delhi Police is providing training to the police cadets in ‘Helicopter slithering’ training to its newly recruited commandoes. This kind of Helicopter based training is first of its kind effort by the Delhi Police to train its commandos. The trainee commandos of the Delhi Police conducted the helicopter slithering exercise […]
Jet Airways founder Naresh diverted loan from Canara Bank
A day after the arrest of former Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act in the Rs 538 crore Canara Bank fraud case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said the total non-performing asset (NPA) against the Group is to the tune of about Rs 6,000 crore. The […]
ED arrests Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in bank fraud case
The Enforcement Directorate late Friday night arrested Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in a money laundering case linked to an alleged bank fraud of Rs 538 crore at the Canara Bank, official sources said. He was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following a long session of questioning at the […]
6 killed in helicopter crash near Mt Everest
A private commercial helicopter carrying Mexican tourists crashed on Tuesday near Mount Everest in eastern Nepal, killing all six people on board, including five members of a family, in the latest aviation accident in the Himalayan nation. The Manang Air helicopter 9N-AMV took off from Surke Airport in Solukhumbu district at 10:04 am for Kathmandu […]
Missing Manang helicopter with six people aboard crashes in Nepal
A private commercial helicopter with six people aboard including five Mexican nationals that went missing near the Mount Everest area in Nepal on Tuesday has crashed in a hilly terrain in the country’s eastern region, officials said. The Manang Air NA-MV chopper took off from Surke Airport in Solukhumbu district at 10:04 am for Kathmandu […]