Chandigarh-bound Go First plane diverted to Ahmedabad after bird hit, DGCA saysDGCA said engine number 1 of Ahmedabad to Chandigarh flight was suspected to be hit by a bird and investigation has been initiated. Multipl...
04 Aug, 2022, 03.45 PM IST
No impact on operations, says SpiceJet after 90 pilots asked to retrain for flying Max aircraftThe airline is retraining them as per the DGCA order. The aviation regulator had imposed Rs 10 lakh penalty on the airline after it had use...
06 Jun, 2022, 01.38 PM IST
SpiceJet fined Rs 10 lakh for training 737 Max pilots on faulty simulatorThe Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had last month barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from operating the Max aircraft after finding the...
30 May, 2022, 07.17 PM IST
SpiceJet gets lease rental waiver of Rs 300 crore for 4 Boeing MAX aircraftThe 13 MAX aircraft in its fleet have been leased from five lessors. The airline recently announced that it has agreed on a settlement with...
20 Sep, 2021, 10.37 AM IST
HC seeks response of Centre, DGCA, IndiGo, GoAir on PIL seeking grounding of A320neo aircraftA bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued a notice to the Centre, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGC...
04 Mar, 2020, 12.59 PM IST
2 GoAir planes suffer glitches, forced to return midwayGoAir said that the Goa-Delhi service was forced to return to the originating airport as the pilot received a "faulty indication" on cargo ...
21 Oct, 2018, 09.39 PM IST
Pratt & Whitney engine issue returns, IndiGo flight aborts takeoffThe airbus A320 neo aircraft has been grounded for inspection. All passengers were accommodated in an alternative flight.
02 Jun, 2018, 11.44 PM IST
All 14 grounded A320 Neos back in operationOn March 12, the DGCA ordered grounding of 11 A320 Neo planes fitted with faulty P&W 1100 engines having serial number of 450 and beyond, c...
15 Apr, 2018, 10.36 PM IST
IndiGo, GoAir start receiving engines from P&Wsupply of pre-450 series engines to replace the 450 series faulty engines has helped the two carriers redeploy some of the grounded planes ...
27 Mar, 2018, 07.46 PM IST
Did defective engines crash Vijay Mallya’s dream?While the wanted businessman says yes, the aerospace manufacturer denies allegations of faults in its products.
15 Mar, 2017, 10.23 AM IST
Faulty aircraft engines led to Kingfisher collapse: MallyaMallya said amid aviation regulator DGCA ordering detailed inspection of P&W engines powering some Airbus 320 neo planes being operated in ...
03 Mar, 2017, 11.17 AM IST
DGCA conducts audit of Air India to assess maintenance recordsAviation regulator DGCA is conducting engineering audit of government-owned Air India fleet to assess maintenance records of its aircraft.
15 Sep, 2015, 03.43 PM IST
Fire in Air India plane not due to any safety issue: Mahesh SharmaSharma today refuted allegations that Air India was operating "faulty" aircraft, saying yesterday's incident of fire in a plane of the nati...
08 Sep, 2015, 05.51 PM IST
Air India notice to subsidiary's CEO seeks explanation for faulty aircraftGovernment owned airline issued show cause notice to CEO of its engineering subsidiary over large number of faulty aircraft and delays by s...
27 Aug, 2014, 12.35 PM IST
- No Chinese-made electronic part in US planes with IAF: Antony
He was asked whether government was aware that some of Chinese counterfeit electronics parts may have been used in military jets which have...
10 Dec, 2012, 04.31 PM IST
- Verifying reports of faulty Chinese parts in defence equipment: A K Antony
Govt verifying media reports claiming that a large number of faulty Chinese spare parts have been used in the defence equipment sold by US.
08 Aug, 2012, 05.13 PM IST
- Will fly only snag-free planes, says Pilots’ Union
Pilots of Pune-bound flight found during routine checks that the flight management and guidance systems were faulty and the auto-pilot was ...
15 Apr, 2011, 07.25 AM IST