Who is Smit Machchhar? Indian flydubai captain who saved 174 passengers' lives after co-pilot stabbed him inside cockpit mid-air during flightWho is Smit Machchhar? Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian pilot flying for flydubai, is being credited with saving 174 people on board Fligh...
01 Oct, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
Flydubai pilot called ‘terrorist’ after attempting to crash Israel-bound plane; what we know so farOne of the pilots of an Israel-bound flydubai flight tried to kill his co-pilot before the plane made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia ...
01 Oct, 2026, 12.10 PM IST
Midair miracles: Passengers hail Captain Smit Machchhar and Israeli heroes who thwarted attack on flydubai flightAn Indian flydubai pilot, Captain Smit Machchhar, was seriously stabbed by his copilot in an attempted plane crash. Despite his injuries, h...
01 Oct, 2026, 09.43 AM IST
Flydubai FZ1073 plane hijack scare: Who are the pilots? Here's what we knowChaos erupted on a Flydubai flight headed from Dubai to Tel Aviv when the cockpit witnessed an intense clash between pilots just after depa...
30 Sep, 2026, 09.02 PM IST
Flydubai incident: Pilot stabbed, plane plunged thousands of feet, fighter jets scrambled. What happened on Dubai-Tel Aviv flight?Flydubai hijacking video: A flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after a reported confrontation...
30 Sep, 2026, 05.28 PM IST
Year Ender 2025: From Kumbh, Op Sindoor to Air India crash, events that made headlines in India2025 Year Ender: India faced a challenging 2025. Major events included a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, leading to military action. Tr...
27 Dec, 2025, 12.07 PM IST
After suffering a major blow and losing three state-of-the-art fighter jets, U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman is finally returning homeUSS Harry S. Truman's Red Sea deployment turned into one of the most challenging missions in recent US Navy history. The aircraft carrier l...
19 May, 2025, 11.02 PM IST
Why is Boeing's Starliner struggling to return NASA astronauts from the ISS? Know the reasons hereSoftware and thruster problems with Boeing's Starliner are causing delays for NASA astronauts returning from the ISS. The spaceship is unab...
08 Aug, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
Nepal to send data recorder from crash to FranceJagannath Niraula, spokesperson for Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority said the cockpit voice recorder would be analyzed locally, but that th...
17 Jan, 2023, 12.55 PM IST
Here’s everything we know about the China plane crash so farFlight MU5735 from Kunming was cruising at about 29,000 feet (8,839 meters) and was about 100 miles from its destination in Guangzhou, Sout...
22 Mar, 2022, 11.25 AM IST
New book offers insights into 2019 Balakot air strikesThe book, in its detailed account of the "two epochal events", claims to capture everything "from moments before the ill-fated CRPF bus was...
03 Aug, 2021, 06.13 PM IST
Role reversal: India offers US fighter jet trainer in 1st major defence sales pitchThe Indian offer is for the Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) for which the US Navy has launched a global search.
09 Dec, 2020, 04.47 PM IST
Boeing didn’t tell FAA, airlines that cockpit alert wasn’t workingBoeing engineers discovered the discrepancy “within several months” of the initial Max deliveries in May 2017, the company said.
06 May, 2019, 11.34 PM IST
Off-duty pilot saved doomed Lion Air's 737 Max on its next-to-last flightThat extra pilot, who was seated in the cockpit jumpseat, correctly diagnosed the problem and told the crew how to disable a malfunctioning...
20 Mar, 2019, 11.51 PM IST
Blinding lasers aimed at 11 flights over New Jersey: FAAThere was no indication the 11 incidents detailed by the FAA led to any notable injuries or accidents, in the air or on the ground.
16 Jul, 2015, 09.39 PM IST
DGCA frames rules for flight duty timings of air hostessesDGCA has come out with separate rules governing flight duty time limitations for air hostesses and stewards of all airlines and non-schedul...
31 Mar, 2014, 08.08 PM IST
AI likely to take action against more staffers by tomorrowAir India, which derostered nine employees for taking on board three passengers in excess of the aircraft capacity, is likely to take actio...
11 Jul, 2009, 02.10 PM IST