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Hijacked ship Stolt Valor with 18 Indians freed

November 16th, 2008 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI -
Mumbai, Nov 16 (ANI): Exactly after two months, the hijacked merchant ship MT Stolt Valor was released this morning. The ship, with 18 Indian crew members on board was said to ...

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MT Stolt Valor with 18 Indians onboard freed

November 16th, 2008 - 12:02 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, Nov 16 (IANS) MT Stolt Valor, the ship that was hijacked with 22 crew including 18 Indians onboard in the Gulf of Aden, was released Sunday morning after two months, a ...

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Seven Pakistani fishermen held off Gujarat coast

November 1st, 2008 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS -
Porbandar (Gujarat), Nov 1 (IANS) A Pakistani fishing boat with seven crew members on board was seized by the Indian Coast Guard's Porbandar unit, officials said Saturday."These men had illegally entered eight ...

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Aircraft on a check-up flight prior to a trip of Punjab CM crashed

October 29th, 2008 - 10:38 pm ICT by ANI -
Chandigarh, Oct 29 (ANI): A six-seater aircraft, which was on a mandatory technical check-up flight prior to a trip of Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, crashed while on a trial ...

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Visual distress beacon lets screams be heard in space

October 24th, 2008 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI -
London, Oct 24 (ANI): Scientists are developing an optical distress beacon for astronauts working outside their spacecraft, which would enable their screams for help to be heard in space in case ...

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Somalian pirates seize Indian dhow with 13-member crew

October 21st, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by ANI -
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 21 (ANI): Armed pirates in speedboats have hijacked an Indian dhow with 13 crew members off the northern coast of Somalia, a maritime official has said. The cargo-laden ...

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Pranab assures safe rescue of MT Stolt Valor crew

October 19th, 2008 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct 19 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday has assured Seema Goyal, wife of the captain of hijacked MT Stolt Valor, of safe rescue of people on ...

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India to deploy warship in Gulf of Aden to ward off pirate attacks

October 16th, 2008 - 10:06 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct.16 (ANI): The Indian Government has reportedly taken a decision to deploy a naval warship in the Gulf of Aden to ward off pirate attacks on merchant vessels flying ...

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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 ...

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Indian crew of hijacked ship freed unharmed

October 11th, 2008 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Oct.11 (ANI): Armed Somalian pirates have released unharmed three Indians and 26 other members of the crew on board a hijacked cargo ship after keeping them in captivity for ...

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Hijack ships kin seeks Centers intervention to save the Indian crew members on board

Hijack ships kin seeks Centers intervention to save the Indian crew members on board

October 3rd, 2008 - 9:30 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi , Oct 3 (ANI): Wife of the captain of the ship hijacked by armed Somalian pirates in the Gulf of Aden on Friday sought intervention of Central government in ...

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Military helicopter crashes in Israel

September 11th, 2008 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS -
Jerusalem, Sep 10 (Xinhua) An Israeli military helicopter crashed during an excecise in northern Israel Wednesday, a military official said.Two crew members, including the pilot, were on board the Cobra helicopter, ...

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Well closed after fire at ONGC rig, five injured

September 6th, 2008 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) Five crew members were injured when a fire broke out at a rig of Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) at Mumbai High, a company release said ...

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Hijackers of Sudanese plane release all passengers (Second lead)

August 27th, 2008 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS -
Tripoli, Aug 27 (DPA) The hijackers of a Sudanese plane Wednesday have begun releasing all the passengers of the plane at Libya's Al-Qafra airport, Libyan civil aviation officials said.A spokesman for the ...

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Parent airline of crashed jet calls accident ‘deeply tragic’

August 21st, 2008 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS -
Copenhagen, Aug 21 (DPA) SAS Group chief executive Mats Jansson has described the plane crash that killed over 140 people in Madrid as "deeply tragic" and expressed his sympathy for the victims.The ...

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Over 100 dead in Madrid plane crash: Officials (Third Lead)

August 21st, 2008 - 1:11 am ICT by IANS -
Madrid, Aug 20 (DPA) More than 100 people died Wednesday when a Spanair flight broke apart after it veered off the runway at the Madrid-Barajas airport and burst into flames, the Spanish ...

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Relatives of missing chopper’s crew give up hope

August 17th, 2008 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Aug 17 (IANS) Relatives of four crew members of a private chopper, missing since Aug 3 en route to Raipur from Hyderabad, have given up hopes of finding them alive, police ...

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Illegal slaughterhouses near Delhi airport to be closed soon

August 13th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, Aug 13 (IANS) Illegal slaughterhouses causing bird hits to aircraft at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here would be shut down before the third runway - longest in Asia ...

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Ahead of I-day, cops search for missing chopper

August 12th, 2008 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Aug 12 (IANS) Amid apprehension of Maoist attacks on Independence day, thousands of policemen deployed in Chhattisgarh's southern Bastar region, considered to be rebels' terror nerve centre, combed forests in search ...

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Chhattisgarh-bound chopper with four aboard goes missing

August 4th, 2008 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS -
Raipur, Aug 4 (IANS) A private chopper with four crew members on board has gone missing since Sunday afternoon shortly after it took off from Hyderabad for the Chhattisgarh capital, officials said ...

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Air crew with high BP, over weight barred from duties

July 28th, 2008 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) High blood pressure and obesity make the air crew unfit for flying duties, said the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Announcing fresh medical guidelines ...

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Nigerian militants hold oil workers to ransom

July 26th, 2008 - 11:33 pm ICT by IANS -
RIA Novosti Moscow, July 26 (RIA Novosti) Militants have taken hostage five crew members of an oil vessel at the southern Nigerian port of Harcourt. Russia's shipping bulletin Maritime Sovfracht said in a ...

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Two Jet Airways crew members suspended

July 26th, 2008 - 8:35 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) Two crew members of private carrier Jet Airways have been suspended for failing to secure the rear door of an aircraft that was headed for Mumbai Friday ...

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Unique baton relay to start Commonwealth Youth Games

July 26th, 2008 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS -
Pune, July 26 (IANS) The Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) to be held here this October will be preceded by a unique baton relay, during which water from all participating countries and all ...

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Air India Express to have all-woman crew on Chennai-Singapore flight

July 25th, 2008 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Air India Express will operate with an all-woman crew the flight from Chennai to Singapore July 27 and will have Captain Chameli Krottapalli as its flight commander, ...

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Air Mauritius plane catches fire in Delhi, take-off aborted

July 24th, 2008 - 6:52 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) An Air Mauritius plane with 241 passengers and 11 crew on board aborted take off here Thursday afternoon after the pilot noticed a fire in the undercarriage ...

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US air force bomber with six aboard crashes

July 21st, 2008 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS -
Xinhua Washington, July 21 (Xinhua) A B-52 bomber of the US Air Force (USAF) with six crew members aboard crashed off the island of Guam, US media reported Monday. Two crewmen have been ...

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Five killed in plane crash in Russia

June 28th, 2008 - 1:00 am ICT by IANS -
RIA Novosti Moscow, June 27 (RIA Novosti) A light cargo plane making an aerial photography flight crashed Friday near Moscow, killing all five people onboard, the emergencies ministry said. "The An-2 plane crashed ...

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Philippines typhoon toll rises to 622

June 26th, 2008 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS -
DPA Manila, June 26 (DPA) The toll in Typhoon Fengshen in the Philippines has risen to 622 with nearly 1,000 people still missing, mostly from the sinking of a passenger ferry, officials said ...

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India lashes world maritime body for safety lapses on high seas

June 23rd, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS -
Mumbai, June 23 (IANS) India has criticised the International Maritime Orgnisation (IMO) for the "total failure of its safety mechanism" leading to the loss of a Panamanian ship and a 25-man Indian ...

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