An Indian-origin woman has died while her daughter and the pilot instructor were injured in a small plane crash in the New York area when they were on a “demonstration flight”, media reports said. Roma Gupta, 63, and her daughter Reeva Gupta, 33, were on board the small plane on Sunday as its pilot reported […]
Category: Civil Aviation
Indian aviation market large enough to ‘accommodate all players profitably’: Emirates
Indian aviation market is “large enough to accommodate all players profitably” and irrespective of what competitors do, the airline is focused on its strategies, leading Gulf carrier Emirates has said amid Air India ramping up its fleet and operations. Emirates, which operates only wide-body A380s and B777s, flies to nine Indian cities and operates 167 […]
Himachal CM Sukhvinder Sukhu inspects land identified for heliport
CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu inspected the land identified for heliport at Sasan village today. He directed the administration to complete the formalities to demarcate the land so that the construction could be initiated at the earliest. He said the government wanted to link every district headquarter with chopper connectivity. He said once constructed, the heliports […]
Urination incident on American Airlines flight: Delhi Police to record witness statements
Delhi Police will record statements of witnesses, including passengers and crew members, on the American Airlines flight on which an inebriated Indian student allegedly urinated while asleep in his seat and soiled a male co-passenger, officials said on Monday. The alleged incident occurred on flight AA292 from New York, which landed at Delhi airport at […]
Southwest Airlines plane makes emergency landing in Havana after cabin fills with smoke
A Southwest Airlines plane bound for Fort Lauderdale from Havana was forced to return to Cuba’s Jose Marti Airport Sunday after an engine reportedly caught fire following a bird strike, according to passenger cell phone video and media reports. NBC 6 News in Florida reported a Southwest Airlines spokesperson had confirmed the incident. “Southwest flight […]
Delhi airport adjudged cleanest in the Asia Pacific region: ACI
Delhi airport has been adjudged as one of the best airports as well as the cleanest airport in the Asia Pacific region by international grouping ACI. The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), operated by DIAL, has bagged the award for Airport Service Quality (ASQ) best airport for 2022 in the category of over 40 Million […]
Drunk student pees on co-flyer aboard NY-Delhi flight, booked
A drunk flyer was booked on Sunday for allegedly urinating on a fellow passenger on a New York-New Delhi flight. The accused has been identified as Aryan Vohra, a 20-year-old student doing post-graduation in a US university. The incident happened on American Airlines flight AA292, which took off from New York on Friday and landed […]
Drunk flyer urinates on fellow passenger on New York-Delhi flight, Delhi Police say legal action being taken
An inebriated Indian student in an American Airlines flight from New York to Delhi allegedly urinated and soiled a male co-passenger on Saturday, with Delhi Police saying necessary legal action is being taken on the basis of a complaint from the airline. The airline has submitted a report about the incident to the Directorate General […]
Pvt airline to start Amritsar to Toronto, New York flights from April 6
Italian airline Neos Air is going to commence flights connecting Amritsar with Toronto in Canada and New York in the US via its hub at Milan Malpensa Airport from April 6. Neos Air commenced scheduled services between Milan Malpensa and Amritsar in mid-December 2022. The airline first started operations to Amritsar during the pandemic. The […]
Small plane crashes on Long Island near New York City; 1 dead, 2 critical
A small plane trying to return to a suburban Long Island airport after the pilot reported smoke in the cockpit crashed on Sunday, killing one person and critically injuring the two others aboard, officials said. No injuries were reported on the ground. The Piper PA 28 crashed shortly before 3 pm while returning to attempt […]
CSK Agriculture University acquires 3 drones for use in farming
CSK HP Agriculture University, Palampur, has acquired three drones for demonstration and use in farming, according to Vice-Chancellor Prof HK Chaudhary. After getting funds from the Agricultural Technology Application Research Institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research at Ludhiana, the university had taken a lead in drone purchase, the VC said today. Under the […]
Drones to check cannabis cultivation in Kullu district
Drones will be used by the police to keep a check on illegal cultivation of cannabis in Kullu district. SP Sakshi Verma said, “We intend to wipe out cannabis cultivation from Kullu district. For this, the police will make use of drones in remote areas to check such plantation on forest or private land.” “I […]