Man held at Jaipur airport for gold smuggling
August 10th, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 9 (IANS) A 45-year-old man was arrested at the Jaipur International Airport Thursday on suspicion of gold smuggling from Dubai and about 2.75 kg of gold jewellery was ... Read more...
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Plane crash victim’s father leaves for Nigeria
June 6th, 2012 - 7:18 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, June 6 (IANS) The father of a computer engineer from Kerala, who died in a plane crash in Nigeria Sunday, has left for the west African country to bring ... Read more...
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Nigeria mourns plane crash victims
June 4th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
Abuja, June 4 (IANS) Nigeria Monday began a three-day national mourning for the 193 people who died in one of the country's worst plane crashes that occurred Sunday.The Dana Air ... Read more...
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Kerala engineer dies in Nigerian air crash
June 4th, 2012 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, June 4 (IANS) Rijo Eldos, a young computer engineer hailing from Neriamangalam in Idukki district of Kerala, was one of the 153 victims who was on the Nigerian airplane ... Read more...
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Nigerian plane with 153 aboard crashes
June 3rd, 2012 - 11:42 pm ICT by IANS
Abuja, June 3 (IANS) A Nigerian airplane carrying 153 passengers and crew crashed Sunday in the densely populated former capital of Lagos, CNN reported quoting a state rescue official.The Dana ... Read more...
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Passenger plane crashes near Pakistani capital of Islamabad, many killed (Updated)
April 20th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by BNO News
RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- A Bhoja Air passenger plane carrying 127 passengers and crew members crashed early Friday evening while attempting to land at an airport near the country's capital of ... Read more...
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Woman gives birth on flight to Moscow
October 14th, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
Dushanbe, Oct 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A healthy baby boy was born on a Tajik Air flight from Dushanbe to Moscow, company spokeswoman Lola Kendzhaeva said Friday."Shabnam Rakhimova gave birth two ... Read more...
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Chidambaram, Rehman Malik on same flight to Thimphu
July 22nd, 2011 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram and his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik Friday travelled on the same flight to Thimphu to attend a security conference ... Read more...
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Andhra minister misses Kailash, returning from Nepal
June 21st, 2011 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 21 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Housing Minister Kanna Lakshminarayana and 10 other pilgrims to Mount Kailash have been safely brought back to Kathmandu from Tibet border and are on ... Read more...
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Oman Air flight cancelled as pilot ill
June 7th, 2011 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Lucknow, June 6 (IANS) A Muscat-bound Oman Air flight from Lucknow was cancelled Monday after its pilot complained of severe chest pain, official sources said.The flight was to take-off from ... Read more...
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US airline ‘apologises’ for booting tall passenger from plane
April 6th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, April 06 (ANI): Horizon Air flight has apologised to a "humiliated passenger" who was told to get off the plane for being too tall to fit into his seat properly.The anonymous ... Read more...
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Navy cuts sorties to allow civilian traffic at Goa airport
October 28th, 2010 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 28 (IANS) In a gracious gesture, the Indian Navy, which operates Goa's only airport, has cut its military sorties to allow the landing of five civilian aircrafts since Wednesday, said ... Read more...
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Mangalore crash is 11th major air accident of India
May 22nd, 2010 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The plane crash at the Mangalore airport that killed over 160 people Saturday is the 11th major air accident involving Indian carriers or in the country's air ... Read more...
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Ludhiana gets air link; Congress, Akalis claim credit
May 13th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ludhiana, May 13 (IANS) It may boast of highest number of Mercedes and BMW cars and millionaires and billionaires but Punjab's most industrialised city, Ludhiana, got air connectivity after years as ... Read more...
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Passenger misbehaves with Bahrain air hostess
February 16th, 2010 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) A passenger arriving by a Bahrian Air flight allegedly misbehaved with an air hostess here late Monday evening, airport sources said.
The inebriated passenger - identified as S. Pillai ... Read more...
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Jet looses a piece of cargo, lands in parking lot in Miami
February 6th, 2010 - 1:19 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) -- An Atlas Air flight arriving from South America lost a piece of cargo over Miami on Friday, according to TV reports.The piece landed in a parking lot at ... Read more...
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Oman Air flight cordoned off in Mumbai after threatening note
May 25th, 2009 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) A Chennai-bound Oman Air flight was cordoned off at the airport here Monday after it made an emergency landing following a crew member finding a note threatening to ... Read more...
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NTSB criticizes pilots of fatal Buffalo crash Flight 3407
May 13th, 2009 - 2:45 am ICT by John Le Fevre
By John Le Fevre
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) today released a damming report into the fatal crash last February of Colgan Air Flight 3407 outside of Buffalo, NY.
All 49 people on ... Read more...
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Flight 3407 Transcript : Last words aboard
May 13th, 2009 - 12:08 am ICT by admin
Colgan Air Flight 3407, marketed as Continental Connection under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, was a daily U.S. regional airline commuter flight between Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and ... Read more...
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Driving lesson nearly causes air disaster in Philippines
March 17th, 2009 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Manila, March 17 (DPA) A Philippine man nearly caused a disaster in an eastern city when he used an airport runway to teach his girlfriend to drive just as a passenger plane ... Read more...
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Druk Air flight makes emergency landing at Kolkata
February 6th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 6 (IANS) A Druk Air Bangkok-Gaya-Paro flight made an emergency landing at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport here Friday due to a crack in its cockpit window, an ... Read more...
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UN envoy fails to change Myanmar junta’s stance (Lead)
February 3rd, 2009 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Feb 3 (DPA) UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari left Myanmar Tuesday after failing to persuade the country's junta to alter its set roadmap to "discipline flourishing democracy".Gambari departed on a Silk ... Read more...
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Enrique Iglesias suffers mid-air flight scare
October 23rd, 2008 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
London, Oct 22 (IANS) Spanish pop singer Enrique Iglesias was involved in a mid-air flight scare when the plane he was on was forced to make an emergency landing.The singer was onboard ... Read more...
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London-bound Air India flight makes an emergency landing
October 11th, 2008 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 11 (ANI): A London-bound Air India aircraft was forced to return to Delhi after being airborne for 30 minutes as the pilot detected smoke in the cabin on ... Read more...
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Mumbai airport runway suffers damage, shut for repairs
August 11th, 2008 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Several flights were affected at the Mumbai airport Monday when it was shut for some time for repairs after the main runway suffered surface damage due to heavy ... Read more...
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Omani dies at Mumbai airport
July 17th, 2008 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 16 (IANS) An elderly Omani woman travelling to Muscat died of an apparent heart attack at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here Wednesday. According to an airport official, 67-year-old Albarwani ... Read more...
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Cleartrip.com offers roundtrip flights across India for ‘Rs. 599′ only
February 20th, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by admin
Mumbai, Feb 20 (ANI/Business Wire India): India's favorite travel website, Cleartrip.com today announced the best travel deal this season.
A never before low fare of Rs.599 for roundtrip flights on all sectors ... Read more...
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