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A Bolivian Air Force Hercules aircraft carrying banknotes crashed onto a busy avenue in El Alto on Friday evening amid poor weather conditions, according to local television reports and the defence ministry.The military cargo plane was carrying newly printed banknotes to other parts of the country when it came down near Bolivia’s administrative capital, La…
China is advancing its maritime capabilities by converting the 97-meter cargo ship Zhongda 79 into an arsenal ship. Online images, shared by Militarnyi and citing Chinese agencies, reveal containerized launchers—loaded with up to 60 missiles—now installed aboard the vessel.At Shanghai’s state-owned Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding shipyard, the vessel now features installations supporting a broad array of weapons—including…
(Representative image credit: NYT)(Photo credit: NYT) Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman saying the vessel was carrying six million litres of diesel fuel and had 18 crew members from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh on board, as per news agency AFP. Fars news agency cited an official from Iran’s southern…
NEW DELHI: An Air India flight operating as AI 2939, travelling from Delhi to Ahmedabad, was forced to make an emergency landing at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport late Monday night after smoke was detected in the aircraft’s cargo hold. The flight, which had only recently taken off for its scheduled journey to Ahmedabad, declared…
The aviation fuel cargo, totalling 60,000 metric tons (472,800 barrels), departed from Jamnagar port between October 28 and 29. (AI image) Amidst ongoing trade deal related issues, India has for the first time exported jet fuel to the United States’ West Coast. The shipment has been sent for Chevron, an energy major firm.According to a…
All twenty personnel aboard a Turkish military cargo plane were killed after it crashed in Georgia near the Azerbaijani border on Tuesday, Turkey’s defence minister said.The crash was confirmed by authorities from all three countries involved. Georgia’s interior ministry said that the plane crashed in the Sighnaghi area, “about five kilometres (3.1 miles) from Georgia’s…
India shipped 4,319 tonnes of goods to the US between Jan and June, DGCA data shows HYDERABAD: Steep tariff hikes by the Donald Trump administration have sent air cargo movement between India and the US into free fall, marking a nine-year low.Data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) shows that India shipped 4,319…
The US air cargo industry is bracing for fresh turbulence as the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) 10% reduction in flight capacity across 40 major airports collides with the grounding of UPS and FedEx’s McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleets, deepening pressure on supply chains ahead of the crucial Thanksgiving and holiday shipping season.The FAA ordered airlines to…
RAIPUR: A routine evening commute turned into tragedy on Tuesday when a local train connecting the coal township of Gevra with Bilaspur Junction in Chhattisgarh rear-ended a stationary cargo rake around 4 pm, in what preliminary reports suggest was a signal breach. The impact was so severe that the engine and one coach of the…
A UPS cargo plane carrying three crew members crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening, erupting into flames and sending thick black smoke billowing over the area.The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft, bound for Hawaii, went down around 5:15 pm local time (3:45 am IST), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)…
