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Video: Kolkata Airport Flooded, Planes Parked On Waterlogged Taxiways
Flight operations at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport are proceeding smoothly despite the heavy downpour that has inundated the West Bengal capital and its surrounding districts.
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Emirates Plane Flies For 13 Hours, Lands At The Same Place It Took Off From
This was because of severe flooding at Auckland Airport which resulted in the closing down of the airport over the weekend.
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Brazil Bids Shocked Goodbye To Latin Grammy-Winning Star Marilia Mendonca
Thousands of people flooded the hometown of late Brazilian country music star Marilia Mendonca Saturday, paying an emotional tribute to the beloved songstress of sorrow and strong women after she was killed in a plane crash at age 26.
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Plane For Rebel MLAs But No Chopper For Flood: Kumaraswamy's Party To BJP
The JD(S) on Thursday hit out at the BJP government in Karnataka on the issue of tackling the flood situation, alleging it could not deploy helicopters to evacuate affected people but had arranged special planes to ferry rebel MLAs to Mumbai.
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Kerala Gets 102 Crores Bill For Using Air Force Aircraft In Flood Rescue
The centre has forwarded a bill of Rs 102 crore to the Kerala government for using Indian Air Force planes and helicopters for flood relief operations in the state last year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
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On Day 15, Navy Divers, Underwater Drones For Meghalaya Rescue: 10 Points
Several trucks loaded with 10 heavy pumps are heading towards a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya where 15 men are trapped for three weeks. A heavy-lift transport plane of the Air Force carrying the 10 high-power pumps landed this morning at Guwahati airport. The trucks will cover a distance of 220 km to the mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills in as sh...
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Commercial Flights Land At Kochi Naval Base, Take Off Packed To Capacity
Kerala floods: A day after a test-landing by a medium-size plane on a wet runway, the first commercial flight hit the tarmac at the naval base in flood-hit Kochi this morning. The Alliance Air twin-turboprop ATR aircraft, which came from Bengaluru, took off again with a full load of passengers.
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Over 8 Lakh People In Nearly 4,000 Relief Camps Across Flood-Hit Kerala
Kerala floods: India stepped up relief operations for the worst flood in Kerala, deploying additional rescue teams, helicopters and motorboats, as the number of dead mounted
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Air India Pilots Write To PM Modi, Offer Help In Flood-Hit Kerala
The Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA) today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing its willingness to fly planes to Kerala on a "voluntary basis" in the larger interest of the affected people in the state.
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In Rain-Hit Chennai, An Air Bridge To Aid Rescue Ops
The INS Rajali, a naval air station in Arakonnam, about 70 km from Chennai, will serve not just as make-shift airport for commercial flights, but also the base for large Air Force rescue planes to land.
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Planes Trapped In Rising Water At Chennai Airport
All flight operations at Chennai airport were suspended tonight as rains nearly shattered a 100-year-old record, disrupting everyday life in the Tamil Nadu capital. At least 300 to 400 people were stranded at the Chennai airport, local reports said.
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What Brought Torrent of Water Gushing Onto Plane Passengers
A torrent of water which gushed into the cabin of a Qantas superjumbo, raining down on some passengers' heads, could have been caused by cleaning mops loosening a pipe coupling, an inquiry said Wednesday.
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Flight Turns Back to Los Angeles After Leak 'Floods Aisles'
A Qantas A380 superjumbo flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne turned back an hour after take-off when a water leak flooded the plane's aisles, the airline and passengers said on Thursday.
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Government warns, thousands evacuate flood-surrounded Bangkok
Residents poured out of the Thai capital by bus, plane and train on Thursday, heeding government warnings to use a special five-day holiday to evacuate parts of the flood-threatened metropolis before a weekend deluge rushes through.
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Australian planes rush in aid as floods continue
The death toll from severe flooding in northeastern Australia rose on Monday as authorities airlifted supplies to communities facing raging waters that were expected to rise for up to two more days.Nine people were confirmed dead on Monday from the flooding, and another was reported missing and presumed dead, according to a spokeswoman for th...
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Video: Kolkata Airport Flooded, Planes Parked On Waterlogged Taxiways
Flight operations at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport are proceeding smoothly despite the heavy downpour that has inundated the West Bengal capital and its surrounding districts.
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Emirates Plane Flies For 13 Hours, Lands At The Same Place It Took Off From
This was because of severe flooding at Auckland Airport which resulted in the closing down of the airport over the weekend.
-
Brazil Bids Shocked Goodbye To Latin Grammy-Winning Star Marilia Mendonca
Thousands of people flooded the hometown of late Brazilian country music star Marilia Mendonca Saturday, paying an emotional tribute to the beloved songstress of sorrow and strong women after she was killed in a plane crash at age 26.
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Plane For Rebel MLAs But No Chopper For Flood: Kumaraswamy's Party To BJP
The JD(S) on Thursday hit out at the BJP government in Karnataka on the issue of tackling the flood situation, alleging it could not deploy helicopters to evacuate affected people but had arranged special planes to ferry rebel MLAs to Mumbai.
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Kerala Gets 102 Crores Bill For Using Air Force Aircraft In Flood Rescue
The centre has forwarded a bill of Rs 102 crore to the Kerala government for using Indian Air Force planes and helicopters for flood relief operations in the state last year, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
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On Day 15, Navy Divers, Underwater Drones For Meghalaya Rescue: 10 Points
Several trucks loaded with 10 heavy pumps are heading towards a rat-hole mine in Meghalaya where 15 men are trapped for three weeks. A heavy-lift transport plane of the Air Force carrying the 10 high-power pumps landed this morning at Guwahati airport. The trucks will cover a distance of 220 km to the mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills in as sh...
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Commercial Flights Land At Kochi Naval Base, Take Off Packed To Capacity
Kerala floods: A day after a test-landing by a medium-size plane on a wet runway, the first commercial flight hit the tarmac at the naval base in flood-hit Kochi this morning. The Alliance Air twin-turboprop ATR aircraft, which came from Bengaluru, took off again with a full load of passengers.
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Over 8 Lakh People In Nearly 4,000 Relief Camps Across Flood-Hit Kerala
Kerala floods: India stepped up relief operations for the worst flood in Kerala, deploying additional rescue teams, helicopters and motorboats, as the number of dead mounted
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Air India Pilots Write To PM Modi, Offer Help In Flood-Hit Kerala
The Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA) today wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing its willingness to fly planes to Kerala on a "voluntary basis" in the larger interest of the affected people in the state.
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In Rain-Hit Chennai, An Air Bridge To Aid Rescue Ops
The INS Rajali, a naval air station in Arakonnam, about 70 km from Chennai, will serve not just as make-shift airport for commercial flights, but also the base for large Air Force rescue planes to land.
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Planes Trapped In Rising Water At Chennai Airport
All flight operations at Chennai airport were suspended tonight as rains nearly shattered a 100-year-old record, disrupting everyday life in the Tamil Nadu capital. At least 300 to 400 people were stranded at the Chennai airport, local reports said.
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What Brought Torrent of Water Gushing Onto Plane Passengers
A torrent of water which gushed into the cabin of a Qantas superjumbo, raining down on some passengers' heads, could have been caused by cleaning mops loosening a pipe coupling, an inquiry said Wednesday.
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Flight Turns Back to Los Angeles After Leak 'Floods Aisles'
A Qantas A380 superjumbo flight from Los Angeles to Melbourne turned back an hour after take-off when a water leak flooded the plane's aisles, the airline and passengers said on Thursday.
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Government warns, thousands evacuate flood-surrounded Bangkok
Residents poured out of the Thai capital by bus, plane and train on Thursday, heeding government warnings to use a special five-day holiday to evacuate parts of the flood-threatened metropolis before a weekend deluge rushes through.
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Australian planes rush in aid as floods continue
The death toll from severe flooding in northeastern Australia rose on Monday as authorities airlifted supplies to communities facing raging waters that were expected to rise for up to two more days.Nine people were confirmed dead on Monday from the flooding, and another was reported missing and presumed dead, according to a spokeswoman for th...
