CRPF personnel arrested for smoking beedi on IndiGo's Kolkata-Bengaluru flightA Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) head constable was arrested for smoking a beedi in the restroom of a Kolkata-Bengaluru flight. The ca...
06 Sep, 2023, 02.25 PM IST
American Airlines flight drops over 15,000 feet in just 3 minutes, passenger reveals harrowing experienceAmerican Airlines Flight 5916 from Charlotte to Gainesville experienced a rapid descent, dropping by over 15,000 feet in three minutes. Fea...
13 Aug, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
When smelly onions forced an Air India Express flight to return after takeoffAn Air India Express flight from Kochi to Sharjah was forced to return to Cochin International Airport shortly after takeoff due to a "burn...
03 Aug, 2023, 04.44 PM IST
Singapore-bound IndiGo flight from Tiruchirappalli diverted to Indonesia due to burning smell in cabinA Singapore-bound IndiGo flight from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu was diverted to Kualanamu airport, Medan (Indonesia) on Tuesday due to a...
10 May, 2023, 01.59 PM IST
Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air flight returns to Mumbai airport after bird strikeA Bengaluru-bound Akasa Air flight from here returned to the city airport due to a burning smell in the cabin, which later turned out to be...
15 Oct, 2022, 07.23 PM IST
DGCA starts 2 month long special audit of airlines amidst rising tech snagsDGCA starts 2 month long special audit to check the availability of sufficient, suitably qualified and experienced manpower, duty time rest...
24 Jul, 2022, 11.03 AM IST
Jyotiraditya Scindia asks airlines to ramp up safety oversightAccording to PTI sources, Scindia told each airline to take all necessary steps that are needed to ramp up safety oversight. A day before, ...
18 Jul, 2022, 03.00 PM IST
Plea to halt SpiceJet airline dismissed by Delhi HCThe Delhi High Court on Monday rejected a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to stop the operation of SpiceJet airline for allegedly ...
18 Jul, 2022, 12.38 PM IST
Scindia holds meeting with senior officials of aviation ministry, DGCA on safety issuesIn the wake of a string of technical malfunction incidents involving Indian carriers, Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia held a meeting...
17 Jul, 2022, 08.00 PM IST
Air India Express' Calicut-Dubai flight diverted to Muscat after burning smell observed in cabinThe burning smell was coming from one of the vents in the forward galley and pilots, therefore, diverted the plane to Muscat and landed saf...
17 Jul, 2022, 01.48 PM IST
36 people dead after fire breaks out aboard a packed ferry in Bangladesh"The authorities recovered the burnt bodies of at least 36 people after a fire broke out on a passenger launch on the Sugandha River in Jha...
24 Dec, 2021, 11.43 AM IST
DGCA bars IndiGo, GoAir from flying A320 Neos with PW engines to Port Blair or long overseas routesIndiGo and GoAir together have over 100 PW-powered A320 Neos currently.
17 Jan, 2019, 10.03 PM IST
IndiGo plane makes emergency landing after 'fumes' onboardIndiGo's 6E719 flight to Vishakhapatnam took off from Delhi at 5.20 am yesterday but returned 10 minutes later because of "fumes" inside th...
23 Nov, 2017, 08.27 PM IST
New scare in skies: Now, laptop on Thiruvananthapuram-Bengaluru flight catches fire"We are thankful to passengers for their cooperation extended to the crew on board. At IndiGo, safety is of the utmost priority and at no t...
13 Nov, 2017, 04.41 PM IST
Delhi to New York in 5 hours? PossibleDespite the challenges Boom faces, and they are many, aviation experts expect that at some point, years from now, the economic challenges o...
30 Nov, 2016, 12.24 PM IST
Plane was unsafe, jugaad by airline: Author William DalrympleBritish historian and author William Dalrymple has claimed there was a major hydraulic problem with the plane before it took off in Khajura...
09 Sep, 2015, 11.46 AM IST
- Borneo - Raw, Rough & Ravishing
Sudha Mahalingam never got closer to nature than on the gruelling trek through the steaming jungles of Borneo in search of the amazing oran...
11 Aug, 2011, 07.37 AM IST