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Air Canada crash (Images/X) An audio clip from the cockpit has revealed the final moments before an Air Canada Express plane collided with a fire truck at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. The accident killed both the pilot and co-pilot and forced the airport to shut down.The air traffic control recording captures a series of urgent…
The fuel control switch locking mechanism has been at the centre of the investigation into the June 12 Ahmedabad crash MUMBAI: Checks carried out on the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner grounded in Bengaluru found its fuel control switch lock to be satisfactory, said the ministry of civil aviation on Tuesday, even as another AI…
New Delhi: Concerns about public safety due to non-implementation of DGCA regulations to prevent pilot fatigue could not be “brushed aside”, Delhi high court said Wednesday, and sought the aviation regulator’s stand on a plea challenging its decision to keep in abeyance the revised Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) norms.FDTL regulations prescribe minimum rest periods…
Captain Brandon Fisher, the pilot of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, has filed a $10 million lawsuit against Boeing. He alleges the company wrongly blamed him and his first officer for the door plug blowout that forced an emergency landing in January 2024. The lawsuit was filed on December 30, 2025, in an Oregon court and…
NEW DELHI: Only one in five IndiGo flights operated on time on Wednesday. Aviation ministry data showed the scale of delays and cancellations India’s largest airline — which flies two of every there domestic passengers — faced on Wednesday. IndiGo’s on time performance (OTP) crashed to a mere 19.7% on Wednesday — down from 35%…
NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has grounded an Air India aircraft and launched a detailed investigation after the airline reported that the aircraft had operated eight revenue sectors on an expired Airworthiness Review Certificate (ARC).According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, quoted in the press note shared by ANI, “Air India…
NEW DELHI: In a PIL seeking an independent, fair and transparent inquiry into the Air India crash at Ahmedabad on June 12, advocate Prashant Bhushan quoted Federation of Indian Pilots Association to tell Supreme Court on Thursday that every person flying in Boeing-787 planes, the make of the ill-fated aircraft, runs a grave risk.This remark…
IndiGo, the country’s largest airline by market share, plans to introduce evidence-based training (EBT) programmes for its pilots as part of its efforts to enhance their skills, situational awareness, and decision-making capabilities, a senior company official said.The airline, which currently operates over 2,300 daily flights and has a fleet of more than 400 aircraft, is…
Representative image (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Air Traffic Safety Electronic Personnel Association (ATSEPA)-India has urged aviation authorities to undertake “immediate Communications, Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) modernisation across major airports, with priority funding” and that Airports Authority of India (AAI) be directed to “incorporate CNS engineers’ recommendations while procuring or upgrading operational systems.” The…
An engine on the UPS cargo jet that crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, this week reportedly got detached moments after takeoff. The plane’s left wing also caught fire before it went down, the National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday.At least 12 people were killed in the crash, officials said Wednesday. A coroner was at the…
