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Bird found mid-air in cockpit of Air India Express' Bahrain-Kochi flight on 15 July
In another incident, Air India Express's Calicut-Dubai flight was diverted on 16 July to Muscat after a burning smell was observed in cabin mid-air

China plane tragedy: Boeing 737-800 NG has been considered safest, but it has a history of crashes
According to Airsafe.com, the single-aisle jet that preceded the 737 Max has had only 0.07 fatal crashes per million flights as of 2019, making it one of the safest models in the skies

Operation Ganga: Unprecedented saga of grit, compassion and PM Modi's diplomatic heft
As on 3 March 2022, over 18,000 Indians came back safely from Ukraine since the first advisory on 15 February 2022

Tatas get official handover of Air India: A look back at airline's history and changes we can expect
The Tata conglomerate had bought the national carrier after placing a competitive bid of Rs 18,000 crore. With this hand over, the ‘Maharaja’ returns home after 69 years

Air India Express to start flights on Indore-Sharjah route from 27 March, says Jyotiraditya Scindia
On 8 October, the Centre had announced that Talace Private Limited - a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons - has won the bid to acquire Air India and its subsidiary Air India Express.

A tale of Salvador Dali, 500 ashtrays for Air India and a baby elephant
In 1967, the airline commissioned the world famous surrealist artist to design an ashtray for them which was to be given to a select group of first-class passengers

Tata becomes the new ‘Maharaja’ of Indian skies, edging out IndiGo
With the purchase of Air India, the Tata umbrella will have a capacity share of 40.17 percent in Delhi

Opinion | Integrating flights will be Tatas first and biggest hurdle after buying Air India
With four different airlines in the same family, the Ratan Tata-led company will have to ensure that they don't eat into each other’s traffic

'Incorrect': Government after reports on Tata Sons winning Air India bid
It was earlier reported that a panel of ministers has reportedly accepted Tata Sons' proposal to take over the debt-laden national carrier

Kozhikode plane crash: AI Express offers final compensation to all survivors, next of kin of deceased
The Air India Express flight from Dubai with 190 people on board, including a six-member crew, overshot the tabletop runway during landing at the Kozhikode airport amid heavy rains on 7 August, 2020

Air India Express plane hits electric pole while taxiing at Vijayawada airport; passengers safe
The aircraft had been grounded even as the authorities were making alternative arrangements for flying the 45 passengers to Tiruchirappalli later tonight, airport sources said

Dubai suspends Air India Express flights till 2 Oct for bringing 'COVID-19 positive' passengers into country
As per the UAE government rules, each passenger travelling from India needs to bring an original COVID-19 negative certificate from the RT-PCR test done 96 hours prior to the journey

26 volunteers involved in rescue ops in Kozhikode plane crash test COVID-19 positive
The volunteers, all living near the airport area, had rushed to the accident site on 7 August and taken the injured to hospital

Kozhikode plane crash: Air India Express says 85 recovered passengers discharged from hospitals
The Centre had earlier said that 149 people had been admitted to hospitals, 23 were discharged, and three were critically injured

DGCA bans wide-bodied aircraft at Kozhikode airport: With big passenger capacity, these planes are used for medium and long hauls
A wide-body aircraft, also known as a twin-aisle aircraft, is a jet airliner with a fuselage wide enough to accommodate two passenger aisles with seven or more seats abreast.

Air India Express Plane Crash Updates: B-737 not a wide-body aircraft, probe findings will be made public, Puri tells critics
Air India Express Plane Crash Updates:The Union minister's remarks came after some aviation experts pointed out that his ministry had cleared wide-bodied planes to land in tabletop airports like Kozhikode

Plane swayed violently, says survivor of Air India Express flight crash; toll rises to 18, condition of 23 serious
The crucial black box from the Boeing 737 which crashed on Friday has been recovered and is being taken to Delhi for further investigation, the Airports Authority of India said

'Pained, shocked': Politicians across party lines condole deaths in Air India Express flight crash in Kozhikode
The Ministry of Civil Aviation said that there were 190 onboard the flight, including 10 infants, 2 pilots and four cabin crew members, of whom 17 have died in the accident

Kozhikode plane crash: 17 dead, several injured as Air India Express flight IX-1344 bringing Indians home breaks into two while landing
The DGCA said that the Dubai-Kozhikode Air India Express flight (IX-1344) overshot the runway at the Karipur Interational Airport and fell into a gorge, breaking into two parts

Air India Express flight from Dubai skids off runway after landing at Kozhikode airport; list of 190 passengers onboard
DGCA said the flight continued running to the end of the runway after landing at Kozhikode airport and fell down in the gorge and "broke down in two pieces"