'Nothing from China allowed on the plane': Trump team dumps Chinese-issued phones, badges and gifts before boarding Air Force One, claims reportUS officials and press accompanying President Trump reportedly discarded all Chinese-provided items, including phones and badges, before de...
18 May, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
Air Arabia flight halted after passenger opens exit door mid-taxi in ChennaiA scare at Chennai Airport unfolded Sunday when a passenger opened an emergency exit mid-taxi. The Air Arabia flight from Sharjah, carrying...
03 May, 2026, 11.47 AM IST
Air Arabia plane grounded in Chennai after passenger opens emergency exit, sparks security scareTension gripped Chennai International Airport when a passenger opened an emergency exit door on an Air Arabia flight from Sharjah. The airc...
03 May, 2026, 11.01 AM IST
'Danger' written on tissue paper delays IndiGo's Mumbai-Ahmedabad flight by 8 hours; case filedAn IndiGo flight bound for Ahmedabad faced a significant delay of over eight hours on Wednesday. The disruption occurred after a tissue pap...
02 Apr, 2026, 01.04 AM IST
Air India’s long-forgotten Boeing 737-200 begins 1,900km journey after 13 years—on a trailer, not a runway. Here’s whyA Boeing 737, forgotten by Air India for over 13 years at Kolkata airport, has begun a 1,900 km journey to Bengaluru. The aircraft, VT-EHH,...
25 Nov, 2025, 05.41 PM IST
How aging aircraft, waste and clogged toilets are flushing Air India’s reputation down the drainAir India faces problems with clogged toilets on long-haul flights due to passengers flushing inappropriate items. This has caused several ...
12 Mar, 2025, 04.35 PM IST
DGCA moves NGT, says impossible for aircraft to dump poop mid-airThe DGCA has now moved a plea seeking review and stay of the December 20, 2016 and the January 10 order of the tribunal claiming that it wa...
21 May, 2018, 03.06 PM IST
Are mid-air dumps a flight of fancy?The fact that DGCA has actually asked for a review of the order suggests it is such a common procedure that banning it may disrupt the enti...
07 Jun, 2017, 01.10 AM IST
Airlines to pay fine if their planes empty human waste mid-airThe NGT directed aviation regulator DGCA to issue a circular to all airlines, whose planes are involved, to pay Rs 50,000 as environmental ...
20 Dec, 2016, 06.25 PM IST
Hoax bomb threat in Jet flight; one passenger detained"Bomb squad as well as dog squad inspected the entire aircraft. Nothing suspicious was found," an officer added.
20 Apr, 2016, 02.13 PM IST
US pilot flushed bullets down plane's toilet; probe orderedA United Airlines pilot flushed bullets down a toilet on board a flight to Germany after realising he had brought live ammunition onto the ...
10 Jul, 2015, 07.30 PM IST
Jet Airways explores options to optimise fleetJet Airways is exploring various options to optimise its fleet but has no immediate plan to put its aircraft for sale.
24 Apr, 2015, 11.25 PM IST
High Court asks DGCA not to de-register SpiceJet planes till April 6If SpiceJet settles the issue, "it's well and good. Otherwise, we will hear the matter and dispose it off," the bench said.
25 Mar, 2015, 04.09 PM IST
Debris removal at Kedarnath stalledA majority of the members of teams despatched to the high altitude shrine for the purpose have returned without making much headway due to ...
20 Jul, 2013, 01.04 PM IST
- Plane breaking: New ways give life to old birds
Airbus for the first time started a 3.2 million euro project called PAMELA-LIFE (Process for Advanced Management of End-of-Life of Aircraft...
13 Apr, 2013, 04.47 AM IST
- Govt can now use pvt aircraft in emergency
State-owned or pvt, aircrafts can be pressed into action during emergency.
24 Jan, 2009, 02.39 AM IST
- Rs 67 crore VIP jet for Maharashtra Govt by year-end
Maharashtra Government would purchase a Rs 67 crore eight-seater jet aircraft which would be at its disposal by the end of December, a seni...
14 Jul, 2008, 07.20 PM IST