Passenger's electronic device catches fire on IndiGo flight after landing at Mohali airportAn IndiGo flight from Hyderabad to Chandigarh experienced a scare after landing at Mohali. A passenger's power bank caught fire, filling th...
05 May, 2026, 09.58 PM IST
How Asia-Pacific is fighting a fuel shock that could get worseAsian nations are grappling with prolonged energy supply strains due to the Middle East conflict, prompting governments to implement costly...
28 Apr, 2026, 07.52 AM IST
'Take us to Bengaluru': Fly91 flight viral video shows terrified passengers crying, praying as plane stays mid-air for 4 hours amid bad weatherA viral Fly91 flight panic video has brought attention to a mid-air scare on a Hyderabad to Hubballi flight, where passengers were left ter...
20 Apr, 2026, 01.17 PM IST
UAV crashes into field during test flight in Uttar Pradesh's EtawahAn unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) prototype by LAT Aerospace crashed near Nandpur village after a mechanical snag during a test flight from ...
05 Apr, 2026, 11.04 AM IST
Private airlines report 268 instances of aircraft snag in 13 months till January 2025Private airlines reported 268 instances of aircraft malfunctions from 2024 until January 2025, with a fault rate decrease to 0.025% per fli...
13 Feb, 2025, 05.52 PM IST
Domestic airlines reported 2,613 significant technical snags in last 5 years: V K SinghThe Minister of State for Civil Aviation said the regulations require occurrences relating to system and component failure to be reported t...
09 Feb, 2023, 05.13 PM IST
Airlines faced 546 technical snags during aircraft operations in 2022: GovtThe government on Thursday said domestic airlines faced a total of 546 technical snags during operation of planes last year. Out of them, t...
02 Feb, 2023, 03.19 PM IST
Vistara plane returns to Delhi following snag; DGCA to probe incident"Vistara's A320 aircraft VT-TNV operating the flight UK-781 from Delhi to Bhubaneswar was involved in an air turnback due to a hydraulic sy...
10 Jan, 2023, 03.00 PM IST
2,613 air incidents reported in India during five years; IndiGo tops the list, says governmentAmidst the increasing air incidents in the country, the Minister of State for Aviation Gen VK Singh (Retd) in a written reply at Parliament...
23 Dec, 2022, 04.02 PM IST
India's aviation sector reported 478 incidents of technical snags in one year: GovernmentThese technical snags are reported by the flight crew on receiving an aural or visual warning in the cockpit or when there is an indication...
08 Aug, 2022, 07.28 PM IST
Chandigarh-bound Go First plane diverted to Ahmedabad after bird hit, DGCA saysDGCA said engine number 1 of Ahmedabad to Chandigarh flight was suspected to be hit by a bird and investigation has been initiated. Multipl...
04 Aug, 2022, 03.45 PM IST
Indian Aviation Sector Safe, says DGCA ChiefAgainst the backdrop of a spate of technical snags suffered by Indian airlines in recent weeks and DGCA curtailing operations of SpiceJet, ...
01 Aug, 2022, 12.04 AM IST
Indian aviation sector 'absolutely safe', says DGCA chiefKumar also focused on the technical snags being faced by Indian airlines. He said that the technical snags faced by domestic carriers in re...
31 Jul, 2022, 12.30 PM IST
No compromise on passenger safety, says Jyotiraditya Scindia on repeated snags in aircraftThe DGCA on Wednesday ordered SpiceJet to operate a maximum of 50 per cent of its flights for eight weeks after several of its planes repor...
29 Jul, 2022, 03.51 PM IST
Jet Airways, Vistara, SpiceJet question snag dataAccording to DGCA guidelines, airlines have to report all snags, which could range from the air-conditioner not working to engine failure, ...
31 Mar, 2018, 08.25 AM IST
Private airlines flag concern over 'misreporting' of data in ParliamentJet Airways, SpiceJet and Vistara have flagged the concerns, maintaining that there is a "false illusion of the relative safety of some air...
30 Mar, 2018, 10.29 PM IST
Airlines reported over 24,700 technical snags in 2017, Jet Airways led the list13 Mar, 2018, 08.49 PM IST