Air India flight from Mumbai makes 'priority' landing in Bhopal after snag; return leg cancelledAn Air India flight from Mumbai to Bhopal landed safely in Bhopal on Sunday after reporting a technical issue. The aircraft carried 175 peo...
26 Apr, 2026, 11.13 PM IST
AAI's electronics engineers body raises concern over proposed privatisation of ATC servicesAn electronic engineers' body, ATSEPA, has voiced strong objections to the potential privatisation of air traffic control services in India...
25 Apr, 2026, 10.43 AM IST
Mumbai ATC sees surge as flights avoid Pakistani airspaceMumbai Air Traffic Control faces increased traffic. This is after Pakistan's airspace closure last month. International flights rerouted th...
09 May, 2025, 01.18 PM IST
Mumbai Airport shocker: IndiGo plane lands as Air India aircraft takes off from same runwayAfter the incident involving an IndiGo plane landing and an Air India aircraft taking off from the same runway in less than a minute at Mum...
12 Jun, 2024, 02.40 PM IST
DGCA de-rosters Mumbai ATC officer after near-miss incidentIn the early hours of Saturday, IndiGo flight 5053, arriving from Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport (IDR), landed on runway 27 while Air India ...
09 Jun, 2024, 12.56 PM IST
Pakistan airspace shut, Mumbai sees near-missThe Mumbai airspace has seen a sharp rise in overflying aircraft since then and the ATC has been putting in a superhuman effort to manage t...
17 Mar, 2019, 10.07 AM IST
Jet mid-air scare: 1 pilot slept, the other on wrong frequencySources say that one of the pilots of 9W 118 was reportedly taking "controlled rest" - sleeping, something allowed by regulatory agencies.
21 Feb, 2017, 11.17 AM IST
High rentals near airport: Fewer ATCOs ups riskThe high cost of renting, or buying, a flat near the airport has worsened the city's air traffic control's (ATC) manpower problem.
03 Aug, 2015, 11.21 AM IST
ATC staff shortage adds to delays at Mumbai airportFlights into and out of Mumbai get delayed because of a shortage of air traffic control (ATC) officers in Mumbai.
22 Jun, 2015, 11.38 AM IST
Mumbai Air traffic control faces acute staff crunchIn Mumbai, currently 255 controllers do the job of 455. The 43% shortfall is extreme, as globally, the average controller shortage stands a...
21 Jun, 2015, 11.41 AM IST
Five flight collisions averted in Mumbai airspace in four monthsDuring the critical stages of a flight, between ground level and 14,000 feet, 14 incidents occurred in the Mumbai airspace between January ...
21 Jun, 2015, 11.34 AM IST
Air India plane in near-miss as Pakistan ATC gives incorrect informationIn a mid-air scare, "incorrect" input by Pakistan's air traffic control to a Mumbai-bound Air India Dreamliner plane from London led it to ...
12 Mar, 2014, 08.01 PM IST
Country's tallest ATC tower inaugurated at Mumbai airportCivil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh inaugurated a new Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport here.
19 Oct, 2013, 07.50 AM IST
More heads roll from Mumbai ATC over AI's landing goof-upDGCA, probing the landing of an Air India flight, has derostered the surface movement controller at the city airport following the prelimin...
14 Apr, 2013, 04.09 PM IST
- Hit by lightning, Boeing makes emergency landing in Mumbai
There was complete communication failure mid-air after the aircraft with 99 passengers on board was struck by lightning forcing the pilot t...
05 Jul, 2012, 02.57 AM IST
- Air Traffic Control system Autotrack-III collapses, holds up flights at Mumbai airport
Officials had to switch to the old system, Autotrack-II, to conduct flight operations. It took them 15 minutes to make the switch.
04 Jul, 2011, 01.03 PM IST
- Plane collision averted at Mumbai airport
Possible collision between two aircraft ferrying 220 passengers was averted at Mumbai airport as pilots aborted take off at last minute aft...
31 May, 2009, 01.56 PM IST