Jabalpur mother-son viral photo: New image reveals woman's desperate last attempt to save her four-year-old childJabalpur boat tragedy: A viral image of a mother and son from the Jabalpur boat tragedy was found to be fake. The actual recovered bodies s...
Close call at Lucknow Airport: Monkey disrupts IndiGo take-off, forces mid-runway abort and delays flightsAn IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Raipur aborted its takeoff after pilots spotted a monkey on the runway. The incident, which occurred just ...
‘Furnace’, ‘human oven’: Why people are worried about non-AC local trains with closed doors in hot and humid MumbaiMumbai is introducing India's first non-AC suburban train with automatic sliding doors, a safety upgrade following a fatal accident. The ne...
Middle East crisis sparks a new fear: Not being able to flyAmid rising tensions linked to the Gulf War, concerns over air travel are shifting from fear of flying to fear of not flying at all. Sudden...
A mountain hideout and aircraft under fire: US carries out daring rescue of service member in IranAmerican forces executed a daring rescue of two pilots shot down by Iran. One pilot was extracted from enemy territory, while the second, h...
Quote of the day by Clint Eastwood: 'You can't stop everything from happening. But we've gotten to a point where we're...' - lessons on life, humor and embracing uncertainty by The Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of Italian Spaghetti Western filmsQuote of the day by Clint Eastwood: Clint Eastwood's quote humorously critiques society's obsession with excessive safety, highlighting lif...
IndiGo, Air Deccan planes avert mid-air mishap over DhakaThe incident, which took place on May 2 in the Bangladesh airspace, happened when IndiGo's Agartala-bound flight 6E892 from Kolkata and Air...
52 near-misses in India since 2014; Delhi, Karnataka, Maharashtra account for 50% of itAccording to information accessed from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, there have been 52 such incidents between 2014 and May 20...
Vistara, IAF airplanes collision averted at Chandigarh International AirportThe Air Vistara flight had 151 passengers on board and was scheduled to departure at 3.20 pm. However, it got delayed and left past 5 pm, o...
Human error damaged US nuclear-armed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile: US Air ForceWhile troubleshooting the issue, the maintenance team chief 'mistakenly performed an action not directed by the technical guidance,' the st...
Adequate steps taken to prevent air mishaps: GovernmentGovernment said it has taken a number of measures including data analysis of aircraft accidents/incidents, audit of operators among others ...
- DGCA notice to Air India for shielding expat pilot
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued a show cause notice to AI for making a wrong claim that one its foreign pilots ...
- IAF undertakes changes in pilot training to bring down crashes
Indian Air Force has undertaken changes in its pilot training programme and other aspects of flying to bring down crashes involving its air...
- A major air mishap averted at Chennai airport
Airport sources said the Delhi-bound Jet Airways plane was taxiing on the runway when it stopped at the end moment.
- DGCA probe blames pilot for Kochi mishap
A preliminary inquiry by the Directorate general of civil aviation has blamed pilot error for the plane landing off the runway.
- DGCA stripped of probe powers
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will no longer be the three-in-one investigator-prosecutor-judge combine when it comes to ...
- 45% of IAF air crashes due to human error
A whopping 45% of IAF air crashes in the last six years have taken place due to human error.