Air India flight turbulence leaves passengers injured, probe ordered
July 26th, 2012 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 26 (IANS) India's aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has ordered a probe after several passengers and crew of an Air India New Delhi-Shanghai flight were ... Read more...
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Air force rescues eight from stranded boat in Assam
June 27th, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) Indian Air Force helicopter pilots Wednesday evacuated eight people, including three pregnant women and two doctors, from a boat stuck in the Dibong river near Sadiya ... Read more...
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Girl ‘air-born’ on Delhi-Toronto flight!
October 22nd, 2011 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) A passenger Saturday gave birth to a girl on board a 14-hour Air India flight from Delhi to Toronto with the help of a woman ... Read more...
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Shuttle Atlantis makes its last landing
July 21st, 2011 - 8:04 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Cape Canaveral, Fla, July 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) America’s space shuttle program is getting closer to the end after 30 years. The launch of Atlantis earlier in the month marked the last time ... Read more...
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Snag-hit American Airlines flight departs for Chicago
June 21st, 2011 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) An American Airlines flight, which made an emergency landing soon after taking off from the Indira Gandhi International Airport here around Monday midnight, finally departed ... Read more...
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Jet hauled up for ’serious lapses’, 10 staffers suspended
August 28th, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 28 (IANS) The Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Saturday hit out at Jet Airways for "serious procedural lapses" in dealing with an emergency evacuation aboard its Mumbai-Chennai flight Friday night ... Read more...
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25 hurt as Jet flight evacuated, no trace of fire
August 28th, 2010 - 12:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 28 (IANS) Around 25 passengers sustained injuries during an emergency evacuation of a Jet Airways flight after a fire alarm was raised Friday night. However, officials Saturday said there were ... Read more...
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15 passengers injured in emergency evacuation of Jet flight
August 28th, 2010 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 27 (IANS) At least 15 passengers were injured during an emergency evacuation of a Jet Airways flight on which there was a fire alarm Friday night, officials said.
The Jet Airways ... Read more...
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After restoration, Spitfire to fly again
July 25th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 25 (ANI): A project to create an authentic Mark I Spitfire will be completed later this year.According to The Telegraph, the X4650 aircraft will take to the skies 70 years ... Read more...
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AI defends pilots, kin bid tearful adieu to dear ones (Intro-Roundup)
May 23rd, 2010 - 11:17 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore/Mumbai/Kasargod, May 23 (IANS) A day after the Mangalore air crash claimed 158 lives, the Air India Sunday defended its pilots, asserting they were experianced and well rested, as the shocked families, ... Read more...
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Pilots were experienced, well-rested, asserts AI chief (Second Lead)
May 23rd, 2010 - 10:11 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, May 23 (IANS) Air India Sunday asserted that the pilot and co-pilot of its Boeing 737 aircraft, which crashed and killed 158 people Saturday here, were experienced and well-rested and ... Read more...
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Aircraft pilots were experienced, well-rested: AI chief (Lead)
May 23rd, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mangalore, May 23 (IANS) Air India Sunday asserted that the pilot and co-pilot of its Boeing 737 aircraft which crashed and killed 158 people, including the two pilots and four crew ... Read more...
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NASA mission to upgrade Hubble to launch on May 11
May 1st, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 1 (ANI): NASA has selected the launch date for the STS-125 mission of space shuttle Atlantis as May 11, which will upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.The date was ... Read more...
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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, ... Read more...
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Kingfisher denies aircraft ran low on fuel
May 19th, 2008 - 5:28 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Kingfisher's Lucknow-Delhi flight Saturday did not run short of fuel and was returned to Lucknow as a routine procedure during traffic congestion or bad weather conditions, the ... Read more...
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Stray dog causes Kingfisher plane to abort take-off in Bangalore
March 28th, 2008 - 2:28 am ICT by admin
Bangalore, March 27 (IANS) A major mishap was averted late Thursday at the Bangalore airport when a Hyderabad-bound Kingfisher Airlines' ATR aircraft hit a stray dog on the runway and aborted take-off ... Read more...
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