Category: Civil Aviation

Two pilots were killed on Sunday after their planes collided during the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada region of the US, CNN reported citing organisers of the event. Around 2.15pm on Sunday, at the conclusion of the T-6 Gold race, upon landing, two planes collided and it has been confirmed […]

Fourteen people on a small jet died when the plane crashed in Brazil’s northern Amazonas state on Saturday, the state’s governor said. The accident took place in the Barcelos province, some 400 km (248 miles) from the state capital, Manaus. “I deeply regret the death of the 12 passengers and two crew members who were […]

Three months after securing a path-breaking deal with the US on procuring cutting-edge jet engine technology and armed drones, India has gone back to its cold-war era ally Russia and okayed the procurement of 12 Sukhoi 30 MKI fighter jets for the Indian Air Force. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the apex decision-making body of […]

The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the apex decision-making body of the Ministry of Defence, on Friday okayed the acquisition of 12 more Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets with associated equipment from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The HAL produces the Russian-origin twin-engines Sukhoi. In all, 272 Sukhois have been inducted into the Indian Air Force in batches […]

A Mumbai-bound plane returned to the city this evening due to the closure of runway at Mumbai Airport following the skidding of a private jet. “The aircraft had to return after non-clearance for landing in Mumbai. The runway was closed for all incoming flights till the removal of debris,” said an official. Kanhari Pinge, a […]

A small aircraft veered off the runway while landing at the Mumbai airport on Thursday amid heavy rain and all the eight people, who were onboard, have been hospitalised with injuries, according to officials. Following the incident at little past 1700 hours, both runways at the airport were shut for a brief period, and one […]

A VSR Ventures Learjet 45 aircraft VT-DBL on a flight from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai was involved in runway excursion (veer off) while landing on runway 27 at Mumbai airport, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said on Thursday. DGCA said there were 6 passengers and 2 crew members on board. No casualties have been reported. […]

A special PMLA court here on Thursday remanded Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal in 14-day judicial custody in a money laundering case linked to an alleged fraud of Rs 538 crore at Canara Bank. The court accepted Goyal’s request to send him to the Arthur Road jail in South Mumbai. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested […]

The country’s largest airline IndiGo will introduce a tool to detect fatigue among pilots using real time data and predictive analytics, amid rising concerns about fatigue issues among the cockpit crew. IndiGo has partnered with the Thales Group as an early adopter of their fatigue analysis tool, whereby the airline will conduct a proof-of-concept trial […]

Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari today said India’s force projection depended on “our ability to take off from short and austere airfields to moving forces to frontline when required”. He was speaking to reporters at Seville, Spain, where he received the first Airbus C-295 plane at a company facility. “It is a momentous day for […]

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 […]

SpiceJet has paid Rs 100 crore to Kal Airways’ promoter Kalanithi Maran, as part of a Rs 380 crore arbitral award order, following a directive from the Delhi High Court on Monday, instructing the low-cost airline to fulfill the payment obligation. “SpiceJet Ltd. has completed the payment of Rs 100 crore to Kal Airways Private […]