Germanwings

Germanwings co-pilot practiced descent on a previous flight

The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings flight deliberately crashed the plane into the French Alps after "rehearsing" the descent on an earlier flight, French investigators said

DGCA panel looking into norms for checking pilots' health

The DGCA head also denied that national carrier Air India was given any dispensation as far as operating flights with less than required number of cabin crew was concerned.

Merkel, Gauck to attend memorial service for Germanwings crash victims

Angela Merkel, Joachim Gauck among world political and religious leaders to attend memorial service for Germanwings crash victims in Cologne, Germany.

Germanwings flight to Milan evacuated after bomb threat

A Germanwings plane headed for Milan was evacuated at Cologne-Bonn airport on Sunday after a bomb threat against the flight was received, the airline said.

Anarchy in the cockpit: Air India co-pilot attacks captain on Jaipur-Delhi flight

An Air India aircraft, on its way to Delhi from Jaipur, witnessed some tensions between the captain and co-pilot on Sunday evening, leading to the co-pilot beating up his captain

'Germanwings co-pilot searched suicide methods, cockpit security days before the crash'

The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 9525 appears to have researched suicide methods and cockpit door security in the days before he flew the plane into the French Alps, killing 150 people, German prosecutors said on Thursday.

AI pilots' body writes to DGCA about 'stressed' junior pilots in cockpit

Pointing out that a pilot's job is high-pressure and stressful, ICPA said that "several hundred people's lives are in jeopardy if a pilot commits a mistake".

Germanwings tragedy: Shocking phone video shows final minutes of passengers before they plunged to death

A video purportedly showing the final seconds inside the cabin of the ill-fated Germanwings airliner minutes before it crashed emerged on Tuesday, with two European media claiming to have seen the footage.

Germanwings tragedy: Why foolproof aviation security will never be a reality

Germanwings Flight 9525 crash into the French Alps is a tragedy beyond words. One co-pilot — 27 years-old German national Andreas Lubitz of Dusseldorf — has made a mockery of all that the airlines across the world have done in the recent past — at the behest mostly of ICAO — to secure flights on the ground and in air.

Indian pilots may be subjected to mid-term psychometric tests

Pilots of Indian air carriers may now be subjected to mid-term psychometric tests to ensure that they are mentally fit to fly, following the deliberate crashing of German airliner by the co-pilot last week.