The Air India urination case victim has moved the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and airlines to frame Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to deal with such incidents. The 72-year-old woman, whose ordeal on an Air India flight in November made headlines, said she was constrained to file […]
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Indian carriers to report USD 1.6-1.8 billion consolidated loss in FY24: CAPA
Indian airlines are projected to record a consolidated loss of USD 1.6 to 1.8 billion in the next financial year, aviation consultancy CAPA India said on Monday. The full service carriers are expected to incur a loss of USD 1.1 to 1.2 billion. According to CAPA India, Indian airlines are estimated to have a net […]
Trainee female pilot, flight instructor killed as trainer aircraft crashes in MP’s Balaghat district
A trainer aircraft crashed on Saturday in the hilly region of Madhya Pradesh’s Naxalite-affected Balaghat district and caught fire, killing the flight instructor and the woman trainee pilot, officials said. The aircraft belonged to the IGRAU (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi) which was on a training sortie, and prima facie bad weather caused the crash, […]
500 trees to be axed for heliport at Hamirpur
Over 500 trees will be axed to make way for a heliport proposed to come up close to the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) here. The district administration had surveyed three sites for the heliport near the district headquarters, but two of them were not found suitable. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu had visited the […]
Russia to award pilots involved in US drone incident
Russian fighter pilots involved in an incident with a US drone that resulted in its crash will be given state awards, the Defence Ministry announced Friday. The move appears to signal Moscow’s intention to adopt a more aggressive stance toward future US surveillance flights. The US military said it ditched the Air Force MQ-9 Reaper […]
5 killed in mysterious north Iraq helicopter crash
A mysterious helicopter crash in northern Iraq has killed at least five people, allegedly including militants belonging to an outlawed Kurdish insurgency group, according to statements Thursday from the Iraqi Kurdish-run counterterrorism agency and the region’s president. The AS350 Eurocopter crashed in the district of Chamanke in Dohuk province in Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region on […]
No timeline so far for flights from upcoming int’l airport, says Centre
Even as the state government plans to begin the flight operations from mid of this year, the Centre has denied fixing any timeline so far for the commencement of flights and other allied facilities from the upcoming international airport at Halwara in Ludhiana. However, the Union Government has confirmed that the under-construction interim terminal building […]
Air India makes another voluntary retirement offer for staff
Air India on Friday made a voluntary retirement offer for its non-flying staff, the second such offer by the Tata Group after taking control of the loss-making airline in January last year. The latest offer will be available for permanent general cadre officers who have attained the age of 40 years or above and completed […]
US releases video of Russian jet dumping fuel on MQ-9 drone
The Pentagon on Thursday released footage of what it said was a Russian aircraft pouring fuel on a US Air Force surveillance drone and clipping the drone’s propeller in international airspace over the Black Sea. The 42-second video shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as […]
US releases video of Russian jet dumping fuel on its drone in international airspace over Black Sea
The Pentagon has released footage of what it says is a Russian aircraft conducting an unsafe intercept of a US Air Force surveillance drone in international airspace over the Black Sea. The 42-second video, released Thursday, shows a Russian Su-27 approaching the back of the MQ-9 drone and beginning to release fuel as it passes, […]
2 pilots killed as Army chopper crashes in Arunachal Pradesh
Two pilots died in a Cheetah helicopter crash near Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, a defence spokesperson said. Lt Col VVB Reddy and Maj Jayanth A, the pilot and his co-pilot did not survive the crash that occurred this morning, he added. The Cheetah helicopter was flying an operational sortie near Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh, […]
Keep your aircraft away from our airspace, Russia warns US
Moscow told Washington on Wednesday to keep well away from its airspace after a US drone intercepted by Russian jets crashed into the Black Sea, the first known direct confrontation between the superpowers since Russia invaded Ukraine. The Kremlin said that its relations with the United States were in a “lamentable state” and at their […]