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Bengaluru Airport to Begin Passenger Trials of Full Body Scanners in December: Report
Airport security in India asks passengers to remove all personal gadgets like mobile phones, tablets and laptops from their hand baggage and place them separately in trays for a scan. While this is a necessary step to ensure that the devices are safe to be taken on an aircraft, it does pose considerable inconvenience for travellers. Not to mention,...
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After Flight Snag, Rahul Gandhi Got Phone Call From PM Modi
The first call that Rahul Gandhi received after his flight scare before landing in Karnataka yesterday was from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress sources say. The small aircraft that the Congress president was travelling in developed a snag and went into "free fall" while shaking violently, a party leader who was with him has told the police.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Phone Catches Fire On IndiGo's Singapore-Chennai Flight
A Samsung Galaxy Note 2 smartphone caught fire inside an IndiGo aircraft while it was landing in Chennai today, prompting aviation regulator DGCA to summon company officials and issue new restrictions on use of this series of devices from the South Korean major on flights.
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China Mulls Hefty Fines For Unruly Passengers In Planes
China's unruly plane passengers who use mobile phones, smoke or occupy seats by force on aircraft will face hefty fines of up to USD 7,500 under a proposed revision to a civil aviation law.
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US-India Aircraft Carrier Working Group Holds Inaugural Meeting
InterDigital Inc has violated U.S. antitrust law by failing to keep its promise to fairly license its technology considered essential to mobile phone communications, Microsoft Corp said in a lawsuit on Thursday.
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Pilot Taking Selfies Led to Fatal US Air Crash
A pilot who died when he crashed his small aircraft was distracted because he was taking cell phone selfies in the cockpit, likely contributing to the fatal accident, US investigators said on Tuesday.
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A phone application that threatens security
A cheap mobile phone application that can track the precise location of passenger aircraft in the sky can be a serious terrorist threat, security experts have claimed and called for its immediate ban. The Plane Finder AR application, developed by...
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Threat to Prime Minister's flight tied to cop's phone?
Probe into three bomb threat calls - claiming that there would be an explosion in the Prime Minister's aircraft - received at the Pallavaram police station on Monday-shows that they originated from a public telephone booth and two mobile phones. Mystery surrounds the call from one of the cell phone numbers, which allegedly belongs to a police const...
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Passengers can use cellphones right after plane lands
Flight pursers will no longer bother you if you want to make a call from your cellphone soon after your plane lands, thanks to a new procedure to be adopted by airlines across the country from Friday. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has amended the Aircraft Rules to provide for the use of cellular phones by passen...
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Jammu-bound flight delayed after bomb scare
A phone call claiming there was a bomb in an IndiGo aircraft, scheduled to fly to Srinagar via Jammu from here today, sent the IGI airport staff into panic, but it turned out to be a hoax, airport sources said.
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Bengaluru Airport to Begin Passenger Trials of Full Body Scanners in December: Report
Airport security in India asks passengers to remove all personal gadgets like mobile phones, tablets and laptops from their hand baggage and place them separately in trays for a scan. While this is a necessary step to ensure that the devices are safe to be taken on an aircraft, it does pose considerable inconvenience for travellers. Not to mention,...
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After Flight Snag, Rahul Gandhi Got Phone Call From PM Modi
The first call that Rahul Gandhi received after his flight scare before landing in Karnataka yesterday was from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress sources say. The small aircraft that the Congress president was travelling in developed a snag and went into "free fall" while shaking violently, a party leader who was with him has told the police.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 2 Phone Catches Fire On IndiGo's Singapore-Chennai Flight
A Samsung Galaxy Note 2 smartphone caught fire inside an IndiGo aircraft while it was landing in Chennai today, prompting aviation regulator DGCA to summon company officials and issue new restrictions on use of this series of devices from the South Korean major on flights.
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China Mulls Hefty Fines For Unruly Passengers In Planes
China's unruly plane passengers who use mobile phones, smoke or occupy seats by force on aircraft will face hefty fines of up to USD 7,500 under a proposed revision to a civil aviation law.
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US-India Aircraft Carrier Working Group Holds Inaugural Meeting
InterDigital Inc has violated U.S. antitrust law by failing to keep its promise to fairly license its technology considered essential to mobile phone communications, Microsoft Corp said in a lawsuit on Thursday.
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Pilot Taking Selfies Led to Fatal US Air Crash
A pilot who died when he crashed his small aircraft was distracted because he was taking cell phone selfies in the cockpit, likely contributing to the fatal accident, US investigators said on Tuesday.
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A phone application that threatens security
A cheap mobile phone application that can track the precise location of passenger aircraft in the sky can be a serious terrorist threat, security experts have claimed and called for its immediate ban. The Plane Finder AR application, developed by...
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Threat to Prime Minister's flight tied to cop's phone?
Probe into three bomb threat calls - claiming that there would be an explosion in the Prime Minister's aircraft - received at the Pallavaram police station on Monday-shows that they originated from a public telephone booth and two mobile phones. Mystery surrounds the call from one of the cell phone numbers, which allegedly belongs to a police const...
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Passengers can use cellphones right after plane lands
Flight pursers will no longer bother you if you want to make a call from your cellphone soon after your plane lands, thanks to a new procedure to be adopted by airlines across the country from Friday. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has amended the Aircraft Rules to provide for the use of cellular phones by passen...
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Jammu-bound flight delayed after bomb scare
A phone call claiming there was a bomb in an IndiGo aircraft, scheduled to fly to Srinagar via Jammu from here today, sent the IGI airport staff into panic, but it turned out to be a hoax, airport sources said.
