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Exclusive: How Air India Express Pilots Handled Mid-Air Scare Over Trichy
A report of hydraulic failure from a Tiruchirappalli-Sharjah Air India Express flight and its subsequent holding pattern may have caused panic on the ground, but things were always under control inside the cockpit, senior sources told NDTV.
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Air India Grounds 2 Pilots For Inviting Female Friend In Cockpit, 2nd Such Case
Over a month after an Air India pilot was grounded for inviting his female friend into the cockpit, the airline has now initiated action against two pilots for inviting a woman into the cockpit of a Delhi-Leh flight last week.
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Air India Grounds 2 Pilots After Severe Turbulence On Delhi-Sydney Flight
Air India has derostered two pilots who operated the Delhi-Sydney flight that had encountered severe turbulence, leaving at least seven passengers with a minor sprain earlier this month.
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Air India Pilot, Entire Crew Grounded For Allowing Friend Into Cockpit
Nearly two months after an Air India pilot allowed a female friend into the cockpit during a Dubai-Delhi flight, aviation watchdog DGCA has directed the airline to deroster the entire crew till investigations are complete.
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Air India Pilot, Crew Grounded Over Man Urinating On Co-Passenger
Air India Case: Air India today grounded and issued show cause notices to four cabin crew members, and one of the two pilots, from the controversial Air India flight in which Mumbai man Shankar Mishra urinated on an elderly woman while drunk.
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"Use Restraining Devices": Regulator To Airlines On Unruly Passengers
The aviation regulator said the pilot will be responsible for assessing a situation and relaying information to the airline's central control on the ground for further action.
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Afghan Airspace "Very Risky", Warns Pilot Of Plane Hijacked In 1999
Captain Devi Sharan, a retired pilot of Air India whose plane IC-814 was hijacked to Kandahar in December 1999, said the Taliban, which has seized power in Kabul, can't be trusted as their ground fighters don't follow rules.
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Boeing 737 Skidded At "Tabletop Airport" In Kerala, Says Union Minister
An Air India Express plane that skidded on the runway in Kerala's Kozhikode this evening was a Boeing 737 NG or Next Generation, which was succeeded by the now grounded 737 MAX. The Air India Express flight IX 1344 came from Dubai with 190 people on board, including four cabin crew and two pilots. Seventeen people including both the pilots died in ...
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Air India Delhi-Moscow Flight Returns As Pilot Has COVID, Probe Ordered
The aviation regulator DGCA will order a probe into a "lapse" after an empty Air India plane flying from Delhi to Moscow returned midway when the pilot was found infected with coronavirus. The state-run carrier's ground team realised the pilot was a COVID-19 patient only after the Airbus A320NEO had taken off.
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Empty Air India Delhi-Moscow Flight Returns Midway, Pilot Has COVID-19
An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow on Saturday had to return midway after the airline's ground team found out that one of the pilots had tested positive for novel coronavirus, officials said.
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"We Both Fought Pakistanis": Air Chief Flies With Abhinandan Varthaman
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who piloted a MiG-21 Bison during the air strike at a terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot in February, today flew together in a two-seater version of the Russian-origin legacy jet.
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Air India Pilot Grounded For 3 Months After Failing Alcohol Test: Report
An Air India pilot has been grounded for three months after he was tested positive in a pre-flight breath analyser test on Saturday.
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Watch: Air Force Jet Flies Into Birds, Drops Fuel Tanks, Practice Bombs
An Indian Air Force pilot's presence of mind and swift response may have saved his life and potentially those on the ground when the fighter jet he was flying ran into birds on Thursday morning in Punjab. Dramatic video of the incident released today shows just how the close the encounter really was.
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Air India Pilot Allegedly Asks Crew Member To Wash Food Box, Then A Fight
The incident took place when the Air India Captain allegedly asked the crew member to wash his lunch box.
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Air India Pilot, Suspended Over Alcohol In Hair Serum, Moves Court
An Air India pilot, suspended last year, after alcohol traces in his hairfall treatment serum showed up on the breath analyser, has challenged aviation watchdog DGCA's decision to ground him.
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Exclusive: How Air India Express Pilots Handled Mid-Air Scare Over Trichy
A report of hydraulic failure from a Tiruchirappalli-Sharjah Air India Express flight and its subsequent holding pattern may have caused panic on the ground, but things were always under control inside the cockpit, senior sources told NDTV.
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Air India Grounds 2 Pilots For Inviting Female Friend In Cockpit, 2nd Such Case
Over a month after an Air India pilot was grounded for inviting his female friend into the cockpit, the airline has now initiated action against two pilots for inviting a woman into the cockpit of a Delhi-Leh flight last week.
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Air India Grounds 2 Pilots After Severe Turbulence On Delhi-Sydney Flight
Air India has derostered two pilots who operated the Delhi-Sydney flight that had encountered severe turbulence, leaving at least seven passengers with a minor sprain earlier this month.
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Air India Pilot, Entire Crew Grounded For Allowing Friend Into Cockpit
Nearly two months after an Air India pilot allowed a female friend into the cockpit during a Dubai-Delhi flight, aviation watchdog DGCA has directed the airline to deroster the entire crew till investigations are complete.
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Air India Pilot, Crew Grounded Over Man Urinating On Co-Passenger
Air India Case: Air India today grounded and issued show cause notices to four cabin crew members, and one of the two pilots, from the controversial Air India flight in which Mumbai man Shankar Mishra urinated on an elderly woman while drunk.
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"Use Restraining Devices": Regulator To Airlines On Unruly Passengers
The aviation regulator said the pilot will be responsible for assessing a situation and relaying information to the airline's central control on the ground for further action.
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Afghan Airspace "Very Risky", Warns Pilot Of Plane Hijacked In 1999
Captain Devi Sharan, a retired pilot of Air India whose plane IC-814 was hijacked to Kandahar in December 1999, said the Taliban, which has seized power in Kabul, can't be trusted as their ground fighters don't follow rules.
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Boeing 737 Skidded At "Tabletop Airport" In Kerala, Says Union Minister
An Air India Express plane that skidded on the runway in Kerala's Kozhikode this evening was a Boeing 737 NG or Next Generation, which was succeeded by the now grounded 737 MAX. The Air India Express flight IX 1344 came from Dubai with 190 people on board, including four cabin crew and two pilots. Seventeen people including both the pilots died in ...
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Air India Delhi-Moscow Flight Returns As Pilot Has COVID, Probe Ordered
The aviation regulator DGCA will order a probe into a "lapse" after an empty Air India plane flying from Delhi to Moscow returned midway when the pilot was found infected with coronavirus. The state-run carrier's ground team realised the pilot was a COVID-19 patient only after the Airbus A320NEO had taken off.
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Empty Air India Delhi-Moscow Flight Returns Midway, Pilot Has COVID-19
An Air India flight from Delhi to Moscow on Saturday had to return midway after the airline's ground team found out that one of the pilots had tested positive for novel coronavirus, officials said.
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"We Both Fought Pakistanis": Air Chief Flies With Abhinandan Varthaman
Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who piloted a MiG-21 Bison during the air strike at a terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot in February, today flew together in a two-seater version of the Russian-origin legacy jet.
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Air India Pilot Grounded For 3 Months After Failing Alcohol Test: Report
An Air India pilot has been grounded for three months after he was tested positive in a pre-flight breath analyser test on Saturday.
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Watch: Air Force Jet Flies Into Birds, Drops Fuel Tanks, Practice Bombs
An Indian Air Force pilot's presence of mind and swift response may have saved his life and potentially those on the ground when the fighter jet he was flying ran into birds on Thursday morning in Punjab. Dramatic video of the incident released today shows just how the close the encounter really was.
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Air India Pilot Allegedly Asks Crew Member To Wash Food Box, Then A Fight
The incident took place when the Air India Captain allegedly asked the crew member to wash his lunch box.
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Air India Pilot, Suspended Over Alcohol In Hair Serum, Moves Court
An Air India pilot, suspended last year, after alcohol traces in his hairfall treatment serum showed up on the breath analyser, has challenged aviation watchdog DGCA's decision to ground him.
