Airport Safety

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.

Following the canopy collapse at Terminal-1 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport today, the Centre will conduct a thorough check of all the airports in the country.

Japanese investigators are preparing to probe the collision of two airplanes at Tokyo's Haneda airport, weeks after the global airline industry heard fresh warnings about runway safety.

Notably, Mr Gadkari is on an official tour to the Czech Republic on October 2, where he will participate in the Ministerial session on Road Safety at the 27th World Road Congress in Prague.

IndiGo acknowledged the incident and said in a statement that safety of its passengers was not compromised during the incident.

The newly-commissioned terminal at the Anna International Airport in Chennai has a "grave" fire safety violation, aviation safety experts claimed as they raised the issue with its director and the Airport Authority of India (AAI).

Aviation safety regulator DGCA has suspended flying licence of two IndiGo pilots for violating safety norms and Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) while landing at the Ahmedabad airport last month, a senior official has said.

An IndiGo aircraft suffered a tail strike on its arrival at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on June 11, prompting aviation safety regulator DGCA to order a probe into the incident, a senior DGCA official said on Tuesday.

The project aimed at enhancing the safety standards of the airport was completed with an estimated project cost of Rs 60 crore.

Telecom Service Providers (TSP) have been advised to take various measures while placing 5G towers near airports. Recommendations include establishing safety and buffer zones in the vicinity of airports, restricting power levels of C-Band 5G transmissions around the airports, and ensuring the tilt of 5G base stations to an extent such that the 5G e...

An Air Safety Team (AST) of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation reached Birsi airport in Gondia district of Maharashtra on Sunday to investigate the aircraft crash which killed two pilots in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, an official said.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed telecom providers not to install any 5G base stations in the 3,300-3,670 MHz band in the area of 2.1 km from runways at all airports in India.

Most airlines today expect flyers to put their phone on airplane mode in order to prevent them from causing an emergency. While governments around the globe have developed similar strategies and policies to prevent interference problems with aviation, electronic devices have been allowed to stay on in the EU since 2014. Here's why you should probab...

A plane carrying 126 people caught fire when its landing gear collapsed on the runway at Miami International Airport, US.

The presence of wildlife near airports, according to the DGCA letter, poses a major threat to aircraft operational safety

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.

Following the canopy collapse at Terminal-1 of Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport today, the Centre will conduct a thorough check of all the airports in the country.

Japanese investigators are preparing to probe the collision of two airplanes at Tokyo's Haneda airport, weeks after the global airline industry heard fresh warnings about runway safety.

Notably, Mr Gadkari is on an official tour to the Czech Republic on October 2, where he will participate in the Ministerial session on Road Safety at the 27th World Road Congress in Prague.

IndiGo acknowledged the incident and said in a statement that safety of its passengers was not compromised during the incident.

The newly-commissioned terminal at the Anna International Airport in Chennai has a "grave" fire safety violation, aviation safety experts claimed as they raised the issue with its director and the Airport Authority of India (AAI).

Aviation safety regulator DGCA has suspended flying licence of two IndiGo pilots for violating safety norms and Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) while landing at the Ahmedabad airport last month, a senior official has said.

An IndiGo aircraft suffered a tail strike on its arrival at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on June 11, prompting aviation safety regulator DGCA to order a probe into the incident, a senior DGCA official said on Tuesday.

The project aimed at enhancing the safety standards of the airport was completed with an estimated project cost of Rs 60 crore.

Telecom Service Providers (TSP) have been advised to take various measures while placing 5G towers near airports. Recommendations include establishing safety and buffer zones in the vicinity of airports, restricting power levels of C-Band 5G transmissions around the airports, and ensuring the tilt of 5G base stations to an extent such that the 5G e...

An Air Safety Team (AST) of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation reached Birsi airport in Gondia district of Maharashtra on Sunday to investigate the aircraft crash which killed two pilots in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, an official said.

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has directed telecom providers not to install any 5G base stations in the 3,300-3,670 MHz band in the area of 2.1 km from runways at all airports in India.

Most airlines today expect flyers to put their phone on airplane mode in order to prevent them from causing an emergency. While governments around the globe have developed similar strategies and policies to prevent interference problems with aviation, electronic devices have been allowed to stay on in the EU since 2014. Here's why you should probab...

A plane carrying 126 people caught fire when its landing gear collapsed on the runway at Miami International Airport, US.

The presence of wildlife near airports, according to the DGCA letter, poses a major threat to aircraft operational safety