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Patna, July 9 (UNI) An IndiGo Airlines flight (6E 5009) from Patna to Delhi, made an emergency landing today at Patna Airport when a bird hit the aircraft shortly after takeoff. Director of Patna Airport K.M. Mehra confirmed the incident, saying that soon after Flight 6E 5009 took off from Patna Airport around 8:45 AM, the pilot noticed vibrations in the aircraft and requested landing, following which an emergency landing was made. Mehra confirmed that all 175 passengers on board were safe. T ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) WaveX, the startup accelerator platform under India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, on Tuesday launched a nationwide initiative called 'Kalaa Setu - Real-Time Language Tech for Bharat.' The challenge invites India's top AI startups to develop scalable solutions for creating multimedia content from text, aimed at enhancing communication between the government and citizens in multiple Indian languages. As India continues its digital governance journ ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 8: Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar reiterated their faith in Air India after the horrific crash as they chose to travel by the airline to London to attend Wimbledon 2025. Calling Air India the "best inflight service in the world", Shabana dropped a picture of herself with her writer husband from the flight on her Instagram. "Off to London for #Wimbledon on #AirIndia . Reiterating our faith in our #National carrier with the best inflight service in the world @jaduakhtar," she wrote in ...Read More >
Guwahati: The East Khasi Hills district administration will enforce a new set of parking regulations from August 1 to improve urban mobility across Shillong in Meghalaya. The initiative, which spans seven key traffic zones including Sadar, Madanrting, Laban, Mawlai, Rynjah, Lumdiengjri, and Laitumkhrah, aims to organize parking in critical stretches of the city. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! The Urban Affairs Department has introduced standard ...Read More >
New Delhi: Smilingand beaming, looking healthy and happy, India's own Gaganyatri Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla looks out of the famous cupola of the International Space Station (ISS). Group Captain Shukla reached the ISS on June 26 on a 14-day mission and is now completing his assigned scientific tasks. He earlier told Prime Minister Narendra Modi he sees no borders from space. Axiom Space says the crew - commander Peggy Whitson, pilot Shubhanshu "Shux" Shukla, and mission specialists Slawos ...Read More >
New Delhi: In a fresh airspace breach, a U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet on Saturday intercepted a civilian aircraft that entered temporarily restricted airspace over former President Donald Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, according to a statement by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). According to a Hindustan Times report, the incident occurred while Trump was spending the holiday weekend at his Bedminster property. The fighter jet, scrambled under NORAD's direct ...Read More >
Mission Abort- British Royal Navy's F35 Jet May Be Disassembled, Flown Out of Kerala Like a Parcel A $110 million F‑35B Lightning stealth fighter jet of the UK's Royal Navy remains grounded in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, after it made an emergency landing on June 14 during a sortie over the Indian Ocean. Diverted due to bad weather and later struck by a technical fault, the jet couldn't return to the HMS Prince of Wales, its carrier. Now, a 40-member British aviation engineering team is expect ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed. In a statement, Air India Express told Reuters it acknowledged the error to the Indian watchdog and undertook "remedial action and preventive measures". Air India has been under intense scrutiny since the June Boeing Dreaml ...Read More >
An Air India pilot fell ill before operating a flight from Bengaluru to Delhi. The incident occurred early morning on July 4. The pilot was immediately hospitalized. Air India arranged for a replacement pilot. The flight AI2414 was then able to proceed. The ailing pilot is currently stable. He remains under medical supervision at the hospital.Mumbai, An Air India pilot collapsed just prior to operating a flight from Bengaluru to Delhi, reported PTI quoting sources on Friday. The pilot was immed ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): An Air India flight from Bengaluru to Delhi was delayed in the early hours of Friday after a medical emergency involving one of its pilots. Flight AI2414 was set to depart on schedule, but the rostered pilot fell ill just before takeoff and was immediately taken to a local hospital. In a statement, an Air India spokesperson confirmed the incident, saying, 'There was a medical emergency involving one of our pilots in the early hours of 04 July. As a result, the p ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Sub Lieutenant Aastha Poonia became the first woman to be streamed into the fighter stream of Naval Aviation, marking a first for the Indian Navy in assigning combat roles to women.Poonia, along with Lieutenant Atul Kumar Dhull on Thursday was awarded the prestigious 'Wings of Gold' by Rear Admiral Janak Bevli, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Air), during the Winging Ceremony of the Second Basic Hawk Conversion Course held at INS Dega, Visakhapatnam.While both officers graduated from ...Read More >
New Delhi, July 4: With monsoon drenching the capital, Delhi's pilot cloud seeding project to curb air pollution was deferred to the end of August, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Tuesday. The minister announced the change in schedule during a press conference here, citing ongoing rains that may not provide ideal conditions and could fail to yield the desired results. Last week, he revealed that the initial time window for cloud seeding was set between July 4 and July 11 ...Read More >
NEW DELHI - India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed. In a statement, Air India Express told Reuters it acknowledged the error to the Indian watchdog and undertook "remedial action and preventive measures". Air India has been under intense scrutiny since the June Boeing Dreamliner cras ...Read More >
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India's aviation watchdog reprimanded Air India's budget carrier in March for not timely changing engine parts of an Airbus A320 as directed by European Union's aviation safety agency, and falsifying records to show compliance, a government memo showed. In a statement, Air India Express told Reuters it acknowledged the error to the Indian watchdog and undertook "remedial action and preventive measures". Air India has been under intense scrutiny since the June Boeing Dreaml ...Read More >
Following the tragic Air India Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, senior Air India pilots conducted simulator tests to explore potential causes. Recreating adverse conditions like high weight and temperature, they simulated flight with landing gear down and retracted flaps. The tests indicated the Boeing 787-8 could continue flying under those circumstances.A group of senior Air India pilots recreated on simulators some adverse conditions, such as flying with higher weight and temperature, and with ...Read More >
Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh): Marking the Cooperatives Year, a two-day national seminar will be inaugurated on Friday at the Swarn Jayanti Auditorium of Vikram University. Farmers from five major states: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Goa are set to participate in the seminar, 'Dairy Development in Madhya Pradesh: Possibilities and Challenges', under the joint aegis of the Indian Dairy Association (DA) West Zone, and Vikram University (VU). Researchers, students, milk produc ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Air India 171 flight lifted off the Ahmedabad runway on a clear morning. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner showed no signs of trouble. No warnings. No delays. Nothing to raise eyebrows. Seconds later, it lost altitude. Fast. The descent rate crossed 475 feet per minute. Then came the crash. Now, an investigative report by The New York Times has revealed what many had feared. Both engines of the aircraft failed at the same time. This is the first confirmation backed by real data. A Wall ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 2 (PTI) A group of senior Air India pilots recreated on simulators some adverse conditions, such as flying with higher weight and temperature, and with gear down and retracted flaps at 50 feet, with the results showing the Boeing 787-8 aircraft continued flying, sources said on Wednesday. The simulator test was carried out independently by the Air India Boeing 787 aircraft fleet trainers during a simulator training session at the airline's Mumbai facility within days of the crash of ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has conducted an inspection of the Air India office and discovered that there is currently no chief pilot assigned to oversee the operations and safety of the Boeing 787 fleet. This alarming revelation comes just days after Air India's Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, flight AI-171, crashed into a building mere seconds after takeoff from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. The tragic incident involved 242 passengers and ...Read More >
MADURAI: Likening the custodial murder of Ajith Kumar in Tiruppuvanam to an 'organised crime by police where the state kills its own citizens,' Madras high court lambasted the Tamil Nadu police and said the action against the perpetrators should be more stringent than in normal murder cases.A division bench of Justice S M Subramaniam and Justice A D Maria Clete pointed to 44 external injuries on the person of Ajith Kumar and said no part of the body was spared by the delinquent cops. "Even an or ...Read More >
New Delhi: Dark sky. No warning. On June 22, deep inside Iranian territory, the ground shook. The United States had launched its deadliest strike yet - 'Operation Midnight Hammer'. In a swift and chilling mission, B-2 stealth bombers tore across Tehran's airspace and dropped 14,000 kilograms of explosive fury on the Fordow nuclear facility. Now, one of the pilots who flew into the heart of Iran is speaking. His words cut through the silence left behind. "I had never seen an explosion like that ...Read More >
New Delhi: Less than two days following the tragic Air India crash in Ahmedabad, another severe aviation scare unfolded in the air. Even worse, an Air India Boeing 777, operating as flight AI187 from Delhi to Vienna, experienced an altitude drop of over 900 feet during its initial climb shortly after takeoff in the overnight hours of June 14. According to officials cited by a leading daily, the wide-body, VT-ALJ, received multiple cockpit alerts while the aeroplane was climbing, including a "st ...Read More >
India's AAIB is thoroughly investigating the Air India flight AI 171 crash in Ahmedabad, exploring all possibilities, including sabotage, after the Boeing Dreamliner 787-8 crashed shortly after takeoff, killing over 250. The black box data is being analyzed domestically, with international observers from ICAO, the U.S. NTSB, and the UK providing technical assistance to ensure a transparent and comprehensive investigation.The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is examining all possible ...Read More >
New Delhi: Forty-one years after Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma captured the world's imagination with his now-iconic reply to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's question, "Saare Jahan Se Achha," India's space odyssey has come full circle with Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla becoming the first Indian to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard the commercial Axiom Mission-4. On Saturday, Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla's heartfelt tribute from aboard the International Space Station (ISS) ec ...Read More >
'As humans, we haven't changed much' IMAGE: India's first man in space, Rakesh Sharma, reflects on his journey and India's future in space travel. Photograph: Courtesy Ministry of Defence Astronaut Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to journey into space in 1984, says space travel alters the mindset of humans and makes them see the world from a perspective that "this planet belongs to everyone" and not a sole preserve of anyone. He shared his thoughts in a recorded podcast shared by the Ministry ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India witnessed a deja vu moment on Saturday after Axiom-4 pilot Shubhanshu Shukla interacted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi from International Space Station and claimed that "India looks truly majestic from the space"41 years ago, astronaut Rakesh Sharma, first Indian to go into space, had said "saare jahan se acha Hindustan humara" when former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had asked him how India looks from space.Sharma was part of the Soviet Union's Soyuz T-11 expedition, which w ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Parliamentary Committee on Transport will summon Boeing executives, Air India representatives, the Civil Aviation Secretary, and DGCA officials in early July to discuss critical lapses linked to the deadly Air India Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad. The panel aims to scrutinise multiple shortcomings, including aircraft maintenance gaps, the DGCA's oversight role, and pilot mental fitness. Focus On Safety And Oversight Sources say the committee will examine recent helicopter accidents ...Read More >
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, June 27: Nearly two weeks after it made an emergency landing at Thiruvananthapuram airport, the UK F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter jet will be moved to the Maintenance Repair and Overhaul facility at the airport as it awaits repairs, the British High Commission stated on Friday. "A UK F-35B aircraft is awaiting repairs at the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport after developing an engineering issue. The UK has accepted an offer to move the aircraft to the M ...Read More >
MUMBAI -- Investigators have recovered flight recorder data from the Air India crash earlier this month, the civil aviation ministry has confirmed, marking a key step in the probe. At least 270 people were killed when the London-bound Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed less than a minute after taking off on 12 June from Ahmedabad airport in western India. Investigators had earlier recovered both sets of Enhanced Airborne Flight Recorders (EAFRs) - the "black boxes" - from the Boeing 787 crash sit ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Two days after a law student died and his friend suffered critical injuries when a car knocked them down as they stood near railing on the service lane of Delhi-Jaipur highway in the early hours of Tuesday, a civil engineer was arrested on Thursday.Mohit (31), an employee of a private company in the city, told police that he got drowsy while driving. He is staying at a PG facility in Sector 14.The student who died, Harsh Singhal (25), was a resident of Om Nagar colony. His friend Abhish ...Read More >
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