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Is opening emergency door in aircraft a crime? Tejasvi Surya's latest controversy explained
Fp Explainers •BJP's Tejasvi Surya ‘mistakenly’ opened the emergency door of an IndiGo flight from Chennai to Tiruchirapalli, causing a delay of more than two hours. Did the Bengaluru MP break the law?
Watch: Scuffle onboard plane from Bangkok to Kolkata, clip of incident shared widely on social media
•In the clip, two passengers were seen arguing before one of them said 'put your hands down', and then started slapping the other person. A few other passengers also got involved in the scuffle
From LCH Prachand to INS Vikrant, how ‘Make in India’ defence is transforming the nation
Fp Explainers •The ‘Make in India’ programme received a great boost when India inducted the Light Combat Helicopter Prachand. The recent projects, showcasing India’s capabilities in the defence sector, has caught China and Pakistan on the back foot
Lessons from a war: For India, finding aatmanirbhar alternatives to foreign equipment is need of the hour
Lt Gen Pr Shankar •The ongoing devastating war between Russia and Ukraine, countries which India is dependent on for weapons and spares, will eventually adversely affect the country’s operational readiness
Two IndiGo planes avert mid-air collision over Bengaluru airport; DGCA orders probe
•The two planes — 6E455 (Bengaluru to Kolkata) and 6E246 (Bengaluru to Bhubaneswar) — were involved in a 'breach of separation' at Bengaluru airport
Tale of two aircraft companies: While Airbus returns to profit, Boeing still in the red
•The world's dominant aerospace companies will seek new business as they attend the five-day Dubai air show on Sunday
Five people killed in France's Loche after two small aircraft collide; probe underway
•Two of the dead were in an ultra-light plane and three others in the other small aircraft. There were no reports of survivors
Airline industry braces for prolonged recovery from coronavirus crisis; half the world's airplanes in storage
•Carriers including United Airlines Holdings Inc and Air New Zealand Ltd have warned they are likely to emerge from the coronavirus crisis smaller, and there are fears others may not survive.
Coronavirus Outbreak: After IndiGo, GoAir offers its aircraft, crew, airport staff to govt for emergency services
•GoAir said on Friday it has offered government its aircraft, crew and airport staff to carry out emergency services and repatriation of citizens, two days after another low-cost carrier IndiGo made a similar offer
Vistara takes delivery of its first B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with lie-flat business class seats
•Vistara took the delivery of its first wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner plane on Friday, making it the first Indian airline to fly this aircraft