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Air India pilot saves lives of 370 passengers, lands aircraft at US airport despite multiple systems failure and lack of fuel
Fp Staff • 6 years agoOn 11 September, when Air India's AI-101 was flying from Delhi to New York, it was suddenly caught in the worst flying conditions any pilot would want to imagine.
Exclusive: India stares at an air safety crisis as disgruntled CNS officers intend to cede ratings over recruitment, allowance row
Yatishyadav • 6 years agoWhen contacted by Firstpost, AAI chairman Guruprasad Mohapatra refused to comment on the simmering issue.
Sri Lankan government to rework draft MoU on Mattala Rajapaksha International Airport deal with India
• 7 years agoDubbed as the "world's emptiest airport" due to lack of flights, the Mattala Rajapaksha International Airport was built with high-interest commercial loans from China by the Mahinda Rajapaksha government
Kathmandu plane crash: ATC's rush to scapegoat pilot appalling, seems like a deliberate attempt to deflect blame
Bikram Vohra • 7 years agoIt is appalling that the Air Traffic Control (ATC) at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport could so cavalierly discuss the pilot’s alleged refusal to obey orders and indict the flight deck minutes into the accident.
Debris of missing Pawan Hans helicopter found near Mumbai coast; four bodies recovered from chopper crash
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Coast Guard has recovered bodies of four people on-board the Pawan Hans helicopter that went missing off the Mumbai coast on Saturday morning.
Chopper with five ONGC employees on board goes missing near Mumbai; search operations underway
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA Pawan Hans helicopter with seven people on board has gone missing in Mumbai soon after take-off from the Juhu airport on Saturday
Remote air traffic control: Cost effective but will India's notorious runway incursions keep it incident free
Sindhub • 7 years agoAirports Authority of India is drawing up plans to test mobile air traffic control towers.
Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight hijack scare: Passenger detained for placing threat note; accused a habitual offender
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA Delhi-bound Jet Airways flight from Mumbai was on Monday diverted to the airport in Ahmedabad for "security reasons".
London becomes first city to replace air traffic control with a digital system
Fp Archives • 8 years agoLondon is to become the first UK city to replace its air traffic controllers with a remotely operated digital system, the media reported.
Air India proposal to slap graded fine upto Rs 15 lakh would never take off; here's why
Muralidharan • 8 years agoHow is Air India going to recover the fine in the face of this most practical difficulty?