Mumbai Airport Scare

At Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, two aircraft came alarmingly close to each other on the runway yesterday, with only 509 metres separating them.

Over a dozen people are being monitored in isolation wards of hospitals in various cities including Delhi and Mumbai for possible exposure to a deadly strain of coronavirus that has killed 106 people and infected over 4,000 in China. In Kerala, over 400 people have been kept under surveillance at their homes for possible exposure to the virus. Auth...

A Mumbai-based jeweller, who created a hijack scare onboard a Jet Airways flight in October last year, has become the first person to be put on the 'National No Fly-List', eight months after it was disclosed.

A Jet Airways passenger aircraft with more than 300 people on board was escorted by German Air Force planes after it lost contact with Air Traffic Control during a flight from Mumbai to London on Thursday. The incident, a serious security scare, happened in German air space, prompting the Air Force to scramble the fighter jets to escort the Boeing ...

"Stepping out in Mumbai is not fun anymore; photographers just pounce on U ! No one politely asks 4 a photo anymore. They actually scare u.(sic)," tweeted Preity Zinta

A pilot's warning about spotting paragliders in the airspace around the Juhu airport has resulted in a security scare.

Two persons have been detained for a security scare at the Mumbai airport after what looked like a group of parachutes was spotted nearing the main runway.

An unidentified aircraft yesterday caused a security scare in Mumbai airspace after it was spotted by an Etihad Airways flight and reported to the air traffic control (ATC) in Mumbai, official sources said.

The bomb scare on a Delhi-bound GoAir flight last evening has turned out to be a mere hoax, after the bomb squad and the aviation regulator DGCA declared there was no possible threat on board.

A Delhi-bound GoAir flight has been shifted to the isolation bay at the Mumbai airport after a suspected bomb threat message.

In the third incident of its kind in one week, an unattended baggage found at the Mumbai airport on Friday created a security scare and sent officials on a wild-goose chase for a bomb.

A bomb scare was reported today in a Jet Airways flight in Mumbai which later turned out to be a hoax.An anonymous call was made to the counter of Jet Airways at the Mumbai airport claiming that a bomb was present inside the aircraft which had flown from Kochi to Mumbai via Bahrain. The plane, at the time, had just landed in Mumbai.All passengers a...

A Cairo-Mumbai Egypt Air flight with 124 passengers on board landed under emergency conditions at the Mumbai airport on Monday today due to a suspected fire in the cargo hold of the aircraft.The aircraft landed safely this morning and all the passengers were deplaned, a Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson said.   &nbs...

An emergency was declared for Jet Airways flight 9W 432, from Mangalore to Mumbai, due to a suspected flat tyre.  However, the Aircraft landed safely at 5.13 pm on the short secondary runway at Mumbai Airport.   Passengers are believed to be safe and no injuries have been reported so far.  All operations are normal now. 

The Civil Aviation watchdog DGCA (Director General of Civil Aviation) has said that the Jet flight incident last night, where 26 people were injured shows serious procedural lapses in dealing with the emergency and evacuation process.The DGCA has suspended the pilot, first officer and the crew members. (Read: Serious procedural lapses, pilot and cr...

At Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, two aircraft came alarmingly close to each other on the runway yesterday, with only 509 metres separating them.

Over a dozen people are being monitored in isolation wards of hospitals in various cities including Delhi and Mumbai for possible exposure to a deadly strain of coronavirus that has killed 106 people and infected over 4,000 in China. In Kerala, over 400 people have been kept under surveillance at their homes for possible exposure to the virus. Auth...

A Mumbai-based jeweller, who created a hijack scare onboard a Jet Airways flight in October last year, has become the first person to be put on the 'National No Fly-List', eight months after it was disclosed.

A Jet Airways passenger aircraft with more than 300 people on board was escorted by German Air Force planes after it lost contact with Air Traffic Control during a flight from Mumbai to London on Thursday. The incident, a serious security scare, happened in German air space, prompting the Air Force to scramble the fighter jets to escort the Boeing ...

"Stepping out in Mumbai is not fun anymore; photographers just pounce on U ! No one politely asks 4 a photo anymore. They actually scare u.(sic)," tweeted Preity Zinta

A pilot's warning about spotting paragliders in the airspace around the Juhu airport has resulted in a security scare.

Two persons have been detained for a security scare at the Mumbai airport after what looked like a group of parachutes was spotted nearing the main runway.

An unidentified aircraft yesterday caused a security scare in Mumbai airspace after it was spotted by an Etihad Airways flight and reported to the air traffic control (ATC) in Mumbai, official sources said.

The bomb scare on a Delhi-bound GoAir flight last evening has turned out to be a mere hoax, after the bomb squad and the aviation regulator DGCA declared there was no possible threat on board.

A Delhi-bound GoAir flight has been shifted to the isolation bay at the Mumbai airport after a suspected bomb threat message.

In the third incident of its kind in one week, an unattended baggage found at the Mumbai airport on Friday created a security scare and sent officials on a wild-goose chase for a bomb.

A bomb scare was reported today in a Jet Airways flight in Mumbai which later turned out to be a hoax.An anonymous call was made to the counter of Jet Airways at the Mumbai airport claiming that a bomb was present inside the aircraft which had flown from Kochi to Mumbai via Bahrain. The plane, at the time, had just landed in Mumbai.All passengers a...

A Cairo-Mumbai Egypt Air flight with 124 passengers on board landed under emergency conditions at the Mumbai airport on Monday today due to a suspected fire in the cargo hold of the aircraft.The aircraft landed safely this morning and all the passengers were deplaned, a Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson said.   &nbs...

An emergency was declared for Jet Airways flight 9W 432, from Mangalore to Mumbai, due to a suspected flat tyre.  However, the Aircraft landed safely at 5.13 pm on the short secondary runway at Mumbai Airport.   Passengers are believed to be safe and no injuries have been reported so far.  All operations are normal now. 

The Civil Aviation watchdog DGCA (Director General of Civil Aviation) has said that the Jet flight incident last night, where 26 people were injured shows serious procedural lapses in dealing with the emergency and evacuation process.The DGCA has suspended the pilot, first officer and the crew members. (Read: Serious procedural lapses, pilot and cr...