Air Traffic Controllers

Australia's air safety investigators have recommended reforms after a Brisbane air traffic controller was found asleep at his desk while covering an early-morning shift.

A Kuala Lumpur-bound flight originating from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad early Thursday morning was forced to return shortly after take-off due to a technical issue with its right engine.

Thousands of flights were cancelled in France and Europe on Thursday as a strike by French air traffic controllers over pay caused stoppages not seen in decades.

A narrow airstrip that doesn't even have an air traffic controller to guide incoming planes and whose only infrastructure is a portable toilet and a make-shift office in a container is an unlikely gateway to the world's largest renewable energy park.

After hours of routine operations, an air traffic controller gets a radio call from a small aircraft whose cockpit indicators can't confirm that the plane's landing gear is extended for landing.

Japanese investigators on Wednesday probed a near-catastrophic collision at Tokyo's Haneda Airport between a coast guard plane and a passenger jet that airline executives have said was given permission to land.

The recruitment drive is being held to fill 496 vacancies of Junior Executives( Air Traffic Control) in the Airports Authority of India.

Three flights in Imphal airport sat on the tarmac for over three hours and two incoming flights took a diversion towards Kolkata after the air traffic controllers reported an unidentified flying object near the runaway.

The pilot of a Spice Jet aircraft was disturbed by a laser light show happening in vicinity of the Kolkata Airport yesterday. The pilot was distracted by the laser lights along the final approach path of the aircraft.

A Vistara flight returned to Bengaluru without landing at the Dabolim Airport in Goa after a stray dog was spotted on the runway by the Air Traffic Controller, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Fitting vehicle-mounted air filters on 350 buses, setting up virtual chimneys at traffic congestion spots, installing air purification systems in select gardens are some technological measures being identified to control air pollution in Mumbai.

Beijing said it would implement traffic control measures if the capital activates its highest air pollution warning.

The Ministry said the amendments to the Aircraft Rules, 1937, notified on October 10, mark a crucial shift in promoting ease of doing business and ensuring safety and security within the aviation sector.

The largest number of cancellations will be on Friday, September 29, with 33 departures affected.

The aviation regulator - Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) - has implemented Watch Duty Time Limitation (WDTL) and mandatory rest requirements for Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) at 57 airports, according to an official statement.

Australia's air safety investigators have recommended reforms after a Brisbane air traffic controller was found asleep at his desk while covering an early-morning shift.

A Kuala Lumpur-bound flight originating from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad early Thursday morning was forced to return shortly after take-off due to a technical issue with its right engine.

Thousands of flights were cancelled in France and Europe on Thursday as a strike by French air traffic controllers over pay caused stoppages not seen in decades.

A narrow airstrip that doesn't even have an air traffic controller to guide incoming planes and whose only infrastructure is a portable toilet and a make-shift office in a container is an unlikely gateway to the world's largest renewable energy park.

After hours of routine operations, an air traffic controller gets a radio call from a small aircraft whose cockpit indicators can't confirm that the plane's landing gear is extended for landing.

Japanese investigators on Wednesday probed a near-catastrophic collision at Tokyo's Haneda Airport between a coast guard plane and a passenger jet that airline executives have said was given permission to land.

The recruitment drive is being held to fill 496 vacancies of Junior Executives( Air Traffic Control) in the Airports Authority of India.

Three flights in Imphal airport sat on the tarmac for over three hours and two incoming flights took a diversion towards Kolkata after the air traffic controllers reported an unidentified flying object near the runaway.

The pilot of a Spice Jet aircraft was disturbed by a laser light show happening in vicinity of the Kolkata Airport yesterday. The pilot was distracted by the laser lights along the final approach path of the aircraft.

A Vistara flight returned to Bengaluru without landing at the Dabolim Airport in Goa after a stray dog was spotted on the runway by the Air Traffic Controller, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Fitting vehicle-mounted air filters on 350 buses, setting up virtual chimneys at traffic congestion spots, installing air purification systems in select gardens are some technological measures being identified to control air pollution in Mumbai.

Beijing said it would implement traffic control measures if the capital activates its highest air pollution warning.

The Ministry said the amendments to the Aircraft Rules, 1937, notified on October 10, mark a crucial shift in promoting ease of doing business and ensuring safety and security within the aviation sector.

The largest number of cancellations will be on Friday, September 29, with 33 departures affected.

The aviation regulator - Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) - has implemented Watch Duty Time Limitation (WDTL) and mandatory rest requirements for Air Traffic Controllers (ATCOs) at 57 airports, according to an official statement.