Mumbai-London Air India flight returns due to pressurisation issueAn Air India flight with 354 people on board from Mumbai to London returned after the pilot reported a cabin pressurization issue. Departin...
14 Aug, 2024, 04.01 PM IST
Mid-air scare: United Airlines flight to Rome reverses course, descends 28,000 feet in 10 minsUnited Airlines Boeing 777 plane, Flight 510 was carrying 270 passengers and 14 crew members when the flight en route from Newark to Rome e...
15 Sep, 2023, 02.33 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
Kandla-bound SpiceJet flight returns to Mumbai airport due to cabin 'pressurisation alert'On February 18, SpiceJet Q400 aircraft was scheduled to operate the airline's flight SG-2903 (Mumbai - Kandla), the airline said in the sta...
18 Feb, 2023, 08.20 PM IST
SpiceJet aircraft conducts priority landing in Mumbai after windshield cracks mid-airEarlier today, a SpiceJet flight carrying passengers from Delhi to Dubai made an emergency landing in Karachi after it developed a technica...
05 Jul, 2022, 10.03 PM IST
Probe initiated into SpiceJet Patna-Delhi aircraft fire, two other air incidents"The aircraft landed safely in Patna and the passengers de-boarded safely. Post flight inspection showed bird hit, with three fan blades da...
20 Jun, 2022, 02.03 PM IST
IndiGo Lucknow-Bengaluru flight suffers cabin depressurisation, lands safelyAccording to sources, the crew of flight 6E-6654 declared Mayday following a cabin pressurisation failure at when it was at 11,000 feet. It...
03 Apr, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
Flight returns as oxygen masks fail to operate mid-airThe scare happened on Ethiopian Airlines' flight ET-687 on September 15, which took off with 223 passengers for Addis Ababa at 6.40am.
22 Sep, 2019, 10.48 AM IST
SpiceJet flight makes emergency landing due to 'technical issue'According to Ministry of Civil Aviation (MOCA), SpiceJet's Bombardier Q400 aircrafts have faced a total of 1,993 "technical defects or snag...
31 Dec, 2018, 09.39 PM IST
Railways plans aircraft-like pressurised coaches for world's highest railway track in LehThe Railways plans to use aircraft-like pressurised coaches in its trains for the Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line so that passengers do not have b...
28 Oct, 2018, 01.00 PM IST
Why air crew need to mind the pressureWith an increase in altitude, temperature and pressure witness sharp declines. Because of the reduced atmospheric pressure, the availabilit...
23 Sep, 2018, 12.00 PM IST
Jet scare: When a plane crashed on cabin pressure loss in GreeceBoth the pilots have been de-rostered, an investigation has been ordered and the airline has expressed regret over the incident.
21 Sep, 2018, 08.10 AM IST
Passengers on Jet flight bleed after crew forgets to maintain cabin pressureDuring climb, crew forgot to select bleed switch due to which cabin pressurisation could not be maintained.
20 Sep, 2018, 05.30 PM IST
Jet Airways passengers recount terrifying experienceThere were screaming and cries as the crew "forgot" to turn on a switch that controls cabin air pressure.
20 Sep, 2018, 05.20 PM IST
Jet Airways flight: 5 passengers suffering from 'mild conductive deafness'One middle-aged male passenger was brought to the Dr Balabhai Nanavati Hospital in suburban Vile Parle by Jet Airways officials.
20 Sep, 2018, 02.10 PM IST
Government allows airlines to import up to 18 year old planesWith respect to unpressurised aircraft, the decision would be taken on a case to case basis after examining the record of the plane that is...
26 Jun, 2016, 12.34 PM IST
DGCA mulls easing aircraft import norms; import of planes up to 18 years old may be allowedThe watchdog has proposed that pressurised aircraft that are to be imported should not have "completed 18 years of age or 50 per cent of op...
24 Apr, 2016, 11.59 AM IST