Locked cockpit gives AI passengers jitters

T Nagar residents aren't pleased at the least,especially with the haphazhard parking | R Satish Babu Even as Thyagaraya Nagar was bustling with business activities on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, residents of the shopping hub had to battle with ...

_ Flying doesn't get more bizarre than this: an Airbus A-320 flying from Bangkok to New Delhi with 166 passengers in the tube, co-pilot snoozing in business class, and pilot teaching two air hostesses how to fly in the cockpit.Things could get ...

Mumbai(MumbaiMirror): Two Air India pilots put the lives of 166 passengers on a Bangkok-Delhi flight in danger by taking a 40-minute break from the cockpit and getting two stewardesses to operate the plane in their absence. Their stunt almost ended ...

Indian pilots are inadequately trained for landing on wet runways, as the drill followed by domestic carriers for monsoon preparation is outdated, reported a government-appointed independent air safety panel. The Civil Aviation Safety Advisory ...

For two staffers at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, April 12 was no regular day and not one they will be able to forget easily. After a dead bird was found lying on a runway, the two airport staffers were sent out to clear it. The two ...

The civil aviation ministry plans to extend its December 2013 deadline for phasing out foreign pilots, with airlines unable to train a sufficient number of local pilots for the commander's post. The move will benefit Jet Airways (India) Ltd, which ...

Ultralight aircraft imported by two clubs are set to be declared fit for training by the very regulator that had once grounded them. Aero Club in India, headed by Congress MP Satish Sharma, has imported three light sports aircraft (LSA) while in ...

Already pegged as one of the 15 most unusual Air Traffic Control towers in the world, the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airports slick new Rs 400-crore control tower is set to be ready this summer, after missing a series of deadlines. Making a ...

DGCA's misrepresentation of accidents raises questions about its methods Text Size As India is party to the UN convention on international civil aviation, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation is obliged to share with international agencies ...