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NEW DELHI: Giving a push to ‘Make-in-India’ initiative, the defence ministry on Thursday inked a Rs 2,312 crore contract with defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for production of eight Dornier 228 Aircraft for the Indian Coast Guard.The contract was signed under the “buy (Indian) category” in the presence of defence secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh.The…
Representative image (Credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: “Suspected fuel starvation” — running out of fuel — reportedly caused a Red Bird training aircraft to force land in an open field about to 50 to 70 km before its destination, Belagavi, on Sunday. Luckily, both the flight instructor and student pilot on board the Cessna 172 aircraft…
NEW DELHI: A private mini aircraft crashed into an open field in Karnataka’s Vijayapura district on Sunday afternoon, police said. The two-seater aircraft went down at Mangaluru village in Babaleshwar taluk of Vijayapura. Two people, including the pilot, were on board at the time of the incident.According to news agency PTI, both occupants managed to…
Driving the newsIndia has committed to significantly scale up purchases of US petroleum, defence systems, and commercial aircraft under a newly announced trade deal that US President Donald Trump framed as a tariff-slashing, $500 billion boost for American exports.Trump unveiled the agreement on Monday, saying the US would lower tariffs on Indian goods from 50%…
The USS Abraham Lincoln carrier (AP photo/File) A US Navy fighter jet shot down an Iranian drone after it moved toward the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, US Central Command said on Tuesday.In an emailed statement to news agency AFP, the military said the drone “aggressively approached” the carrier with “unclear…
NEW DELHI: The wing tips of a stationary Air India Airbus A320 and an IndiGo A320 scraped each other at Mumbai Airport on Tuesday. The Air India aircraft, getting ready to fly to Coimbatore as AI 2732, was stationary. The IndiGo aircraft, having flown into Mumbai from Hyderabad as 6E 791, was taxying.Both aircraft left…
President Trump has threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on all aircraft sold in the U.S. This retaliatory measure follows Canada’s refusal to certify jets from Gulfstream Aerospace. The U.S. also plans to decertify all Canadian aircraft, impacting manufacturers like Bombardier. US President Donald Trump on Thursday warned Canada that the United States could impose…
NEW DELHI: India’s public sector aerospace major Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (part of Rostec State Corporation) have signed a deal for cooperation in the production of Superjet 100 (SJ-100) commercial aircraft in the country.The signing ceremony took place on the sidelines of the Wings India international aviation exhibition in Hyderabad,…
USS Abraham Lincoln (AP image) The United States has deployed the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln along with three accompanying warships to the Middle East. The move has renewed the possibility of President Donald Trump ordering military action against Iran amid its violent crackdown on protesters.The US Central Command on Monday said that the carrier…
Maine plane crash (AP image) At least seven people were killed and a crew member survived with serious injuries after a private business jet crashed during takeoff amid a snowstorm at Bangor International Airport in the US state of Maine on Sunday night.The Bombardier Challenger 600, carrying eight people, flipped over and caught fire while…
