MAYDAY, PAN-PAN: Common aviation terms used by pilots, cabin crew, ATCs in flight operationsJust before a fatal Air India crash in Ahmedabad, the pilot signaled 'MAYDAY' indicating a critical emergency. Pilots and air traffic contr...
22 Jul, 2025, 08.46 PM IST
Delhi-Goa IndiGo pilot says ‘PAN PAN PAN’ before emergency landing in Mumbai; here’s what it meansAn IndiGo flight, 6E 6271, traveling from Delhi to Goa, executed an emergency landing at Mumbai's airport on Wednesday night due to an engi...
17 Jul, 2025, 12.04 PM IST
Not just Air India: 65 engine failures, 17 Mayday calls recorded in India over the last five years, says DGCA dataRecent data reveals sixty-five in-flight engine shutdowns in India over five years. Eleven Mayday calls occurred in the last seventeen mont...
15 Jul, 2025, 02.23 PM IST
Can’t jump to conclusions: Civil Aviation Ministry warns caution on Air India crash preliminary report findingsUnion Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu stated that the ministry is thoroughly examining the Aircraft Accident Investigatio...
12 Jul, 2025, 02.03 PM IST
Another 'Mayday' episode causes more jitters in Indian aviationAn IndiGo flight from Guwahati to Chennai, carrying 168 passengers, executed an emergency landing in Bengaluru due to critically low fuel l...
21 Jun, 2025, 07.35 PM IST
Air India plane crash: Survey of Ahmedabad airport's surrounding areas to be conducted, says officialFollowing the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad that killed 270, a survey of areas near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport wil...
19 Jun, 2025, 05.44 PM IST
36 seconds to disaster: ‘Mayday’ call may reveal why AI171 crashed in AhmedabadInvestigators have recovered both black boxes from the Air India flight AI171 crash in Ahmedabad, offering new leads into the fatal inciden...
16 Jun, 2025, 09.55 PM IST
'Mayday! Mayday! Thrust not achieved': What Air India pilot's last words before tragic crash possibly meanAir India Flight 171 tragically crashed in Ahmedabad, with initial investigations focusing on a potential thrust failure during take-off. T...
15 Jun, 2025, 11.13 AM IST
Air India plane crash: Seat 11A where the survivor was sitting is near the emergency exit in Boeing 787 DreamlinerVishwaskumar Ramesh, seated in 11A, was the sole survivor of the London-bound Air India flight that crashed near Ahmedabad airport on Thurs...
13 Jun, 2025, 01.08 PM IST
Air India plane crashed into doctors’ hostel shortly after takeoff from AhmedabadAn Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, flight AI-171, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport, bound for London's Gatwick. The ai...
12 Jun, 2025, 05.35 PM IST
Air India plane crash: What is Mayday call that pilot issued before fatal tragedy in Ahmedabad?An Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner, carrying 242 people, crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad airport, bound for London's Gatwick A...
12 Jun, 2025, 05.33 PM IST
Air India Delhi-Mumbai flight lands safely after Mayday callA Delhi-Mumbai Air India flight declared an emergency due to a fire warning in one engine of its Airbus A320neo on Wednesday. The May Day d...
20 Dec, 2023, 11.25 PM IST
Mayday! Mayday! It's May Day tomorrowMay 1 being commemorated by no work, it would be helpful not to panic.
29 Apr, 2022, 11.23 PM IST
United Airlines plane suffers engine failure, scatters debris over US cityA video shot from inside the aircraft -- which had 231 passengers and 10 crew onboard -- showed the right engine ablaze and wobbling on the...
21 Feb, 2021, 11.51 AM IST
'Mayday' call incident: DGCA allows both Vistara pilots to resume dutiesThe pilots, who were operating the UK944 flight, were grounded by the DGCA on Tuesday, a day after they issued the distress call.
18 Jul, 2019, 09.02 PM IST
DGCA grounds Vistara pilot who issued 'Mayday call'"The pilot who was operating UK944 flight and issued a 'Mayday' call on Monday has been suspended by the Directorate General of Civil Aviat...
16 Jul, 2019, 10.25 PM IST
Probe launched into Pakistan plane crash; PIA blames engine failureThe airline said there were 48 people aboard the plane — 42 passengers, five crew members and one ground engineer.
08 Dec, 2016, 01.18 PM IST