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NEW DELHI: Air India will operate a relief flight on Tuesday to bring back 228 passengers stranded in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. This comes after the airline’s San Francisco–Delhi flight was diverted on Monday due to a technical issue.The airline said the special relief flight, numbered AI183, will depart from Delhi on Tuesday afternoon and return with…
A routine flight from Kenya’s coast to the Maasai Mara National Park turned into a fiery tragedy on Tuesday morning when a small passenger plane plunged from the sky, killing all 11 people on board, including several foreign tourists — in a devastating crash that left nothing but charred wreckage.The plane, operated by a regional…
A bus operated by AI SATS caught fire near an aircraft at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3 NEW DELHI: A bus operated by AI SATS, a ground-handling service provider for Air India, caught fire near bay no 32 at Delhi Airport’s Terminal 3 (T3) on Tuesday.The incident occurred few meters away from an aircraft, but no…
BENGALURU: Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to manufacture the SJ-100 civil commuter aircraft in India. The agreement, signed in Moscow on Tuesday, marks a major step towards India producing a complete passenger aircraft for the first time since the Avro HS-748…
The US aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford on its way out of the Oslofjord at Nesodden and Bygdøy, Oslo, Norway, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP file photo) Amid growing concerns that Washington’s anti-drug campaign could evolve into a new “war on terror” — or a prelude to toppling Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro — the…
NEW DELHI: India may soon adopt stricter rules for power banks on board aircraft following recent instances worldwide, including one in the country, of lithium-ion batteries catching fire.On Sunday, a passenger’s power bank caught fire on a Dimapur-bound IndiGo flight when the aircraft was taxiing at Delhi airport. Now, Directorate General of Civil Aviation is…
NEW DELHI: An allegedly inebriated person created ruckus on Akasa’s Bengaluru-Delhi flight QP 1599 on October 20 right after boarding. According to sources, he first got into a spat with co-passengers and then even the crew which asked him to alight from the aircraft at Bengaluru. “He was so inebriated that he refused to alight…
MUMBAI: Global aerospace giants are boosting their sourcing from India, accelerating growth in the country’s emerging aircraft component sector. Local companies are expanding capacities, moving beyond basic manufacturing to higher-value work, and scouting for acquisitions, with revenue numbers soaring due to robust orders.The sector is also gearing up to launch about Rs 5,700 crore of…
Air India is negotiating with Airbus and Boeing to acquire up to 300 aircraft, including as many as 80 to 100 wide-body jets, as part of an accelerated expansion of its fleet under the Tata Group, Reuters reported citing sources familiar with the matter on Wednesday.The talks come on top of earlier discussions for around…
A light aircraft crashed at an airport in New South Wales, Australia, on Saturday morning, killing all three people on board, police confirmed.“Upon impacting with the ground, the aircraft caught on fire which was extinguished by Fire and Rescue NSW,” the police said through a statement. “Three people are confirmed deceased.“The plane crashed at Shellharbour…
